Part of Panorama Europe 2015
Sunday, June 7, 2015, 2:00 p.m.
Museum of the Moving Image

Presented by the Consulate General of Estonia

Estonia. Dir. Martti Helde. 2014, 87 mins. With Ingrid Isotamm, Laura Peterson, Mirt Preegel, Einar Hillep, Tarmo Song. This startlingly original “landmark film” (The Hollywood Reporter) recounts one woman’s harrowing, true-life tale of survival in the midst of Stalin’s ethnic cleansing of the Baltic region. June 14, 1941: Erna, a philosophy student, wife, and mother in Soviet-occupied Estonia, is whisked away along with thousands of others to a Siberian labor camp. Based on the diary that Erna wrote while imprisoned, the film evokes Erna’s memories through stunning, monochrome tableaux vivants, immaculately composed cinematic paintings that freeze the characters in time and space. The result is both a visually and emotionally overwhelming experience.

Tickets: $12 ($9 for senior citizens and students / free for members at the Film Lover level and above). Order tickets online. (Members may contact [email protected] with any questions regarding online reservations.)

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