Smile at Last 1985
7.4 / 10
Smile at Last
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.
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.
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... Mari
... Robi
... Tauri
... Katrin
... Kerttu
... Melita
Release Date:
Nov 28, 1985
Run Time:
1hr 25`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
Estonian
Status:
Released
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Cast
... Mari
... Robi
... Tauri
... Katrin
... Kerttu
... Melita
... Siiri
... Anne
... Teacher
... Robi's Mother
... Mari's Father
... Tauri's Father
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Anneli Aunap...
... Ülo's Lover
... Anne's Mother
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... Rein
... Headmaster
... Male Teacher
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