Monika Raide
Mari
Smile at Last (1985)
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Overview
16-year-old Mari, raised without a mother by a drunkard father, is put in an orphanage which she immediately, though unsuccessfully, tries to flee from. The sensitive Mari finds it hard to adapt to the coarse manners and brutal games amongst the children. Only gradually does she develop a sense for the similarly difficult fates of her fellow sufferers, who have long forgotten how to cry. She even falls in love for the first time, not with her self-appointed “protector” Tauri, but with the rough-mannered Robi.
Leida Laius
Director
Marina Sheptunova
Screenplay
Top Billed Cast
Hendrik Toompere
Robi
Tauri Tallermaa
Tauri
Katrin Tamleht
Katrin
Kerttu Aaving
Kerttu
Edith-Helen Kuusk
Melita
Siiri Sisask
Siiri
Janika Kalmus
Anne
Helle Kuningas
Teacher
Mari Lill
Robi's Mother
Evald Hermaküla
Mari's Father
Eduard Tinn
Tauri's Father
Anneli Aunap
Anneli
Rein Pakk
Rein
Manfred Kärblane
Manfred
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