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Naerata ometi
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Wikipedia article
'Games for Schoolchildren'Horton, Andrew & Brashinsky, Michael (1992) 'The Zero Hour: Glasnost and Soviet Cinema in Transition', Princeton University Press, , p. 237 or 'Well, Come On, Smile'; is a 1985 Soviet Estonian drama film directed by Arvo Iho and Leida Laius. The film was loosely based on the 1963 short story 'Kasuema' ('Stepmother') by Estonian author Silvia Rannamaa.
Plot
After the death of her mother, high school student Mari ends up in an orphanage. Three days later, the girl returns home, but her drunken father makes it clear almost from the door that she doesn't belong here.
The night spent at the train station ends for Mari with an acquaintance with an aggressive group of teenagers, led by Robi, and being driven to the police. In the morning, the fugitive leaves the cell: the orphanage teacher came for her.
The orphanage has its own internal hierarchy. The dashing guy Robi is considered the informal leader. The guys obey him and readily obey. The polite, intelligent Tauri, who, unlike the other pupils, has a respectable and very busy father, takes custody of the newcomer. Among the girls, the harsh, nervous Katrin, who ended up in an orphanage after her mother was imprisoned, dominates.
Cast
* Monika Jrv as Mari Lehiste
* Hendrik Toompere Jr. as Robi
* Tauri Tallermaa as Tauri
* Katrin Tampleht as Katrin
* Kerttu Aaving as Kerttu
* Edith Helen Tuusk as Melita
* Siiri Sisask as Siiri
* Janika Kalmus as Anne
* Helle Kuningas as Nursery teacher
* Mari Lill as Robi's mother
* Evald Hermakla as lo, Mari's father
* Eduard Tinn as Tauri's father
* Rudolf Allabert as Director of the orphanage
* Rein Pakk as Rein
* Maria Klenskaja as lo's lover
* Evald Aavik as Teacher
Awards and nominations
* All-Union Film Festival (1986)
**Grand Prize
**Best Screenplay (Marina Sheptunova)[https://archive.today/20120716122412/http://russiancinema.ru/index.php?dept_id=3&e_dept_id=4&e_prize_id=21 ] //
* International Film Festival of Young Filmmakers of Socialist Countries in Koszalin (1986) Polish Film Critics Prize named after Wisniewski (Arvo Iho)
* USSR State Prize for 1987 (director and cameraman Arvo Iho, screenwriter Marina Sheptunova)[http://old.russiancinema.ru/template.php?dept_id=3&e_dept_id=4&e_prize_id=7 ] // Paavle, Silja (2012) [https://www.ohtuleht.ee/491645/arvo-iho-filmi-naerata-ometi-johkrus-oli-pariselt-olemas- Arvo Iho: "Filmi "Naerata ometi!" jhkrus oli priselt olemas."]", 'htuleht', 10 September 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2018
* Berlin International Film Festival (1987) participation in the "Kinderfilmfest" program, prize of the United Nations Children's Fund
References
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