The Graveyard Keeper's Daughter
The Graveyard Keeper's Daughter

The Graveyard Keeper's Daughter

A teenage girl learns fast and hard, how to survive in a disintegrating countryside family

5.0(4 votes)
2011
1h 40m
Drama

A snapshot of one segment of Estonian present-day life, shown through the eyes of a child: 8 years old Lucia is leading a jolly and naughty Pippi-Longstocking-style life in a small town in Estonia. Her father Kaido, a graveyard keeper, can hardly provide for the family, her mother Maria is a drunk. Then the family receives an unexpected invitation to spend a week in Finland, in the house of the female pastor Sipra. This week will change everybody's life in unexpected ways...

Production

Estinfilm, Content Providers

Cast

Maria Avdjuško

Maria Avdjuško

Marija

Kertu-Killu Grenman

Kertu-Killu Grenman

Lucia

Esther Kõiv

Esther Kõiv

Jacinta

Rain Simmul

Rain Simmul

Kaido

Ulla Reinikainen

Ulla Reinikainen

Sirpa

Ülle Kaljuste

Ülle Kaljuste

Anne

Arvo Kukumägi

Arvo Kukumägi

Joss

Eva Koldits

Eva Koldits

Teacher Mets

Kersti Kreismann

Kersti Kreismann

Teacher Purga

Karin Tammaru

Karin Tammaru

Principal Jaaksoo

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