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GEORGICA / GEORGICA
Estonia 1998
Director: Sulev Keedus, 113 MIN

Jakub Luukas, who had gone to Africa as a Christian missionary shortly after World War II, returns to the small Estonian island where he was born more than 70 years ago. Since it is now being used as a testing-ground for bombs, it is completely deserted. With a horse and three beehives, Jakub lives here in complete isolation, dreaming of translating Vergils Pastorale „Georgica“ into Swahili. His life changes when a young, mute boy comes onto the island: even though they both live in completely different internal worlds – the film continuously shows us Jakubs memories of Africa and the boy’s longing for his mother – they form an intense human bond, full of poetry and mutual respect. As a theme for his film, the director names the new inspirations his country needs to find its own identity after the fall of the Soviet empire.

Bambi: 09.04. / 10 p.m.
In presence of Sulev Keedus.

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