The Sleeping Beast
Local title
Tagurpidi torn
Director
Jaak Kilmi
Country
Estonia
Year
2022
Thriller “The Sleeping Beast” tells the story of a group of children spending their summer in a sleepy hamlet, where their only entertainment is simply hanging around and climbing in an abandoned manufacturing facility, until they are forbidden to do that. The gang’s boss Kristjan and his friends Ariel, Loore, Mia-Margot and Siim decide to ignore the ban. This decision changes their lives and friends face a grim confrontation. They need to answer the question – what is right and what is wrong?
Director
Jaak Kilmi
Screenwriter
Aidi Vallik
Cast
Nils Jaagup England, Rebeka Kask, Una Marta Soms, Riho Kütsar, Anti Kobin, Jaanika Arum, Juuli Lill
Producer
Evelin Penttilä
DoP
Elen Lotman
World sales
ACME Film
Runtime
Language
Estonian
Subtitles
English, Russian
Director
Jaak Kilmi
Sigade revolutsioon (PÖFF 2004, co-dir), Disko ja tuumasõda (PÖFF 2009, doc), Kristus elab Siberis (2015, co-dir, doc), Sangarid (2017), Minu spioonist isa (2019, co-dir, doc), Jõulud džunglis (2020), Tagurpidi torn (PÖFF 2022), Vari (Shadow, 2024)
Screenings
Teatrisaal Haapsalu kultuurikeskus
ScreeningTagurpidi torn
SubtitlesEnglish, Russian
Q&A guestsJaak Kilmi, Nils Jaagup England, Aidi Vallik
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