Keskea rõõmud (English: The Joys of Midlife) is a 1986 Estonian comedy-drama film directed by Lembit Ulfsak.
Awards, nominations, participations:
1987: ETKVL filmiklubi debüütfilmide festival (Tallinn, USSR), 1987, Rainbow award (Estonian: Vikerkaare auhind) - best director debut: Lembit Ulfsak; best cinematographer debut: Nikolai Šarubin
1987: Estonian Film Days in Helsinki, participation
1987: All-Union Film Festival (USSR), participation
Contents
Plot
Five recently middle-aged men drive through Estonia to visit a famous witch-therapist to get rid of their problems. They are suffering from the fatigue of life and deep routine. The road movie provides a good overview of life, people and everyday problems in Estonia at the end of the Soviet period.
Cast
Tõnu Kark - Tõnu Loorits
Maria Klenskaja - Pille Loorits
Kaie Mihkelson - Helena
Ülle Kaljuste - Silva Raud
Lembit Ulfsak - Hubert Raud