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Truth and Justice

2019 · 165 min

A patient, heavy rural epic that grinds forward like the land itself, rewarding those who sit with its quiet struggles.

Directed by: Tanel Toom
Genres: Drama, History
Starring: Priit Loog, Ester Kuntu, Priit Võigemast

Overview: Estonia, 1872. The uncompromising new owner of Robber's Rise must battle with hard work, his spiteful neighbor and with his own family and beliefs to transform the poor land into a flourishing farm of his dreams.

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Directed by: Tanel Toom
Genres: Drama, History
Starring: Priit Loog, Ester Kuntu, Priit Võigemast

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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: work
family
survival
faith
class
Places: countryside
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, history
Directed by: Tanel Toom
Written by: Tanel Toom
Starring: Priit Loog, Ester Kuntu, Priit Võigemast, Maiken Pius, Simeoni Sundja, Indrek Sammul, Marika Vaarik, Maria Ehrenberg
Music: Mihkel Zilmer
Cinematography: Rein Kotov
Runtime: 165 min
Country: Estonia
Languages: Estonian

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