The Graveyard Keeper's Daughter

Surnuaiavahi tütar

“A teenage girl learns fast and hard, how to survive in a disintegrating countryside family”

A snapshot of one segment of Estonian present-day life, shown through the eyes of a child: 8 years old Lucia is leading a jolly and naughty Pippi-Longstocking-style life in a small town in Estonia. Her father Kaido, a graveyard keeper, can hardly provide for the family, her mother Maria is a drunk. Then the family receives an unexpected invitation to spend a week in Finland, in the house of the female pastor Sipra. This week will change everybody's life in unexpected ways...

Screenplay

Katrin Laur

Director

Katrin Laur

Music

Pärt Uusberg

Status

Released

Release date

25/02/2011

Original language

Estonian