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    Estonian poster of the movie Taarka
    2008     Musical drama    
    Estonia
    1h 34min
    Original language: Estonian, English

    The first film in the Seto language in the world speaks about the brightest hero of a small people, the folk singer Hilana Taarka, a woman who lived her whole life as an outcast in a small chimneyless hut; as an unmarried mother of children in poverty, begging her bread, doing odd jobs and singing. She always sang the truth, sometimes bitter, sometimes funny, sometimes cruel. She was feared, despised and coveted. Taarka sang throughout her remarkable life, throughout her fate, from a small Seto village to international fame. And she sang well. Really well. Taarka became the Mother of the Song, a legend. But as a woman, as a member of the community, the Seto people never really accepted her. Taarka -- a despised woman and a worshipped singer.

    Directed byAin Mäeots
    Written byÜlle Kahusk

    Starring

    Inga Salurand
    Siiri Sisask
    Marje Metsur
    Tanel Joonas
    Helge Kalda
    Kirke Kalda
    Riho Kütsar
    Inara Luigas
    Toomas Lõhmuste
    Siim Maaten
    + MORE

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