The Graveyard Keeper's Daughter 2011
6.2 / 10
The Graveyard Keeper's Daughter
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...
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...
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Release Date:
Feb 25, 2011 (Estonia,Finland)
Run Time:
1hr 40`
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Original Language:
Estonian
Production Countries:
Estonia,Finland
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Released
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KL
Katrin Laur... Director
Cast
... Marija
... Lucia
EK
Esther Kõiv... Jacinta
... Kaido
... Sirpa
... Anne
... Joss
... Teacher Mets
... Teacher Purga
... Principal Jaaksoo
... Tuvike
... Ilse
... Robert
... Liivi
... Pats
... Man in the Store
... Investigator
... Guard of the Lodge
... Jasmiin's Mother
... Jasmiin
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