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Taarka

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Original title

Taarka

Year

2008

Running time

94 min.

Country

Estonia

Director

Ain Mäeots

Screenwriter

Mart Kivastik, Ülle Kahusk, Ain Mäeots, Hardi Volmer, Elo Selirand

Cast

Music

Andres Lõo

Cinematography

Elen Lotman

Producer

Exitfilm

Genre

Comedy. Drama. Musical | Biography

Synopsis

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.

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Taarka

2008

Ain Mäeots