The Graveyard Keeper's Daughter (2011)
A teenage girl learns fast and hard, how to survive in a disintegrating countryside family
2011-02-25
Estonia, Finland
100 Min.
PG-13
Overview
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...
Cast
Marija
Lucia
Jacinta
Kaido
Sirpa
Anne
Joss
Teacher Mets
Teacher Purga
Principal Jaaksoo
Tuvike
Ilse