Smile at Last
85 mins
16-year-old Mari, raised without a mother by a drunkard father, is put in an orphanage which she immediately, though unsuccessfully, tries to flee from. The sensitive Mari finds it hard to adapt to the coarse manners and brutal games amongst the children. Only gradually does she develop a sense for the similarly difficult fates of her fellow sufferers, who have long forgotten how to cry. She even falls in love for the first time, not with her self-appointed “protector” Tauri, but with the rough-mannered Robi.
Kadi Talpsepp
Assistant Camera
Helle Janson
Costume Design
Olga Alp
Sound Recordist
Reet Peramets
Costumer
Maie Kell
Property Master
Marina Sheptunova
Screenplay
Anne Saul
Colorist
Lauri Kärk
Script Editor
Irina Kislova
Foley Artist
Alla Meitšik
Foley Artist