LIFE & LOVE

Estonia, 2024, 120’

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• Director: Helen Takkin
• Screenplay: Martin Algus, Helen Takkin
• Cinematography: Alvar Kõue
• Editing: Sander-Kalle Somma
• Music: Mick Pedaja
• Production: Taska Film, Apollo Film Productions
• Cast: Karolin Jürise, Mait Malmsten, Loviise Kapper, Ursel Tilk

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In 1933, a young woman leaves her rural home to chase her dream of becoming a writer in the city. She takes a job as a maid for a middle-aged printing-house owner who quickly becomes romantically interested in her. They marry, but his passionate declarations of love soon turn cold. As political tensions rise in the country, their love story unfolds in a divided society, revealing toxic behaviours and power games that start innocently but lead to dire consequences.

2025 Estonian Film and TV Awards (EFTA); Best Sound 

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Helen Takkin

An Estonian director. She works professionally on commercials and makes music videos and experimental short films in her free time. In life as in creation, the main question she asks herself is: “Why not?” It always turns out to be rhetorical because every crazy idea is worth following if it feels right.

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