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The Sunny Kids

1992 · 92 min

A quiet, sober coming-of-age drama set in a grey postwar town, where youthful hope grinds against hardship and hard choices.

Directed by
Jüri Sillart
Genres
Drama
Starring
Sulev Luik, Tõnu Kark, Erki Veling
Overview
A movie about the life in a small Estonian city in the 1950s. Young people face an instinct for survival that shatters ideals but can also destroy lives.

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Directed by
Jüri Sillart
Genres
Drama
Starring
Sulev Luik, Tõnu Kark, Erki Veling
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • coming-of-age
    • survival
    • isolation
    Places
    • small town
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance3
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Jüri Sillart
    Written by
    Rein Saluri
    Starring
    Sulev Luik, Tõnu Kark, Erki Veling, Ülle Kaljuste, Gaute Kivistik, Tiina Vilu Demjanov, Anne Paluver, Maria Klenskaja
    Music
    Kuldar Sink
    Cinematography
    Mait Mäekivi
    Runtime
    92 min
    Country
    Estonia
    Languages
    Estonian, Russian

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