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Handmaiden

1990 · 36 min

A quiet, damp night of errands and illness, watched with the patient unease of a household holding its breath.

Directed by: Veiko Jürisson
Genres: Drama
Starring: Maria Klenskaja, Leila Säälik, Hendrik Toompere

Overview: The family where Epp serves is preparing to receive important guests on whom the career of the head of the family depends. Everyone is busy preparing the gala dinner, and only the owner's son Eugen does not take any part in this. At night he suddenly becomes ill, and Epp is sent for help. On a rainy night, she spends a long time looking for a doctor, as a result of which she becomes seriously ill. And Eugen’s illness, as it turned out, was only the result of his suspiciousness...

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Directed by: Veiko Jürisson
Genres: Drama
Starring: Maria Klenskaja, Leila Säälik, Hendrik Toompere

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
work
isolation
family
guilt
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Veiko Jürisson
Written by: Veiko Jürisson
Starring: Maria Klenskaja, Leila Säälik, Hendrik Toompere, Angelina Semjonova, Ao Peep, Meeli Sööt, Aarne Üksküla, Evald Hermaküla
Cinematography: Rein Kotov
Runtime: 36 min
Country: Soviet Union
Languages: Russian, Estonian

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