EXCLUSIVE: Truth And Justice, the Estonian debut feature that was one of the more unexpected inclusions on the Academy’s International Feature Film Oscar shortlist earlier this week, has been snapp…
the Estonian debut feature that was one of the more unexpected inclusions on the Academy’s International Feature Film Oscar shortlistThe film is a historical epic running at 149 mins that follows an Estonian farmer in 1870 who struggles against a rival neighbor as well as his own family and beliefs. It is an adaptation of author Anton Hansen Tammsaare’s pentalogy novel of the same name, written 1926 – 1933, which is considered to be one of the fundamental works of Estonian literature.
Writer-director Tanel Toom made his feature debut on the film, he was previously Oscar nominated for his 2010 shortIvo Felt at Tallinn-based Allfilm produced, his company is one of the country’s most successful production houses with credits including the Oscar-nominated, which also made the Oscar shortlist in 2016.
The film has been a smash hit in its native Estonia. Released back in spring, it clocked 267,000 admissions in a country of just 1.3 million, numbers that saw it topThe film also screened at Busan Film Festival and Tallinn Black Nights, and will play at Palm Springs in the new year.Truth And Justice.
The film is an epic portrayal of a family in the 19th century which follows the family members and how they fight to defend their land and their farm through the decades. Besides being an impressive and very moving drama, the film captures the spirit of the first pioneers which clearly relates to American history, as well as other countries where humans beings had to fight to “conquer” their lands and for their families to survive.
“It is also very modern in the way it shows how we lost connections with lands in our current world. The film is something special – a strongly directed drama by a short film Oscar nominated filmmaker, but it is also very accessible and with a strong commercial appeal as a moving family saga,” he added.
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