''Autumn Ball'' () is a 2007
Estonian
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* Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe
* Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent
* Estonian language
* Estonian cuisine
* Estonian culture
See also ...
drama
Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...
film directed by
Veiko Õunpuu, adapted from
Mati Unt's
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
novel of the same name. The film depicts six desolate people of different yet similar fates in characteristically Soviet pre-fabricated housing units (
khrushchyovka).
[Catsoulis, Jeannette (2009-06-03).]
Going Down in Estonia: Alienation Frozen in Place
" ''The New York Times
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''. Retrieved on 2009-10-05. It premiered at the
64th Venice International Film Festival
The 64th annual Venice Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival, was held from 29 August to 8 September 2007, at Venice Lido in Italy.
Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou was the jury president for the main competition. Italian actress Ambra ...
, where it won the
Horizon Award.
Cast
*
Rain Tolk as Mati
*
Taavi Eelmaa as Theo
*
Tiina Tauraite as Ulvi
*
Maarja Jakobson as Laura
*
Mirtel Pohla as Jaana
* Sulevi Peltola as August Kaski
* Iris Persson as Laura's daughter
*
Juhan Ulfsak as Maurer
*
Ivo Uukkivi as Laura's ex-husband
*
Katariina Lauk as female conference visitor
* Paul Laasik as television repairman
References
External links
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2007 films
Estonian-language films
2007 drama films
Films based on Estonian novels
Estonian drama films
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