Home Village
Peeter Tooming, Peep Puks / Estonia / 1969 / Czech Premiere / 11 min.
synopsis
Sunlit images of kolkhoz farm workers during the harvest are interspersed with commentary celebrating rural collectivization and modernization. Yet strong lyrical tones of a disappearing world, old age, and loneliness permeate the ideological undertones of the film. Old villagers and half-demolished buildings symbolize the disappearing villages, deep-rootedness, and love for the land.
biography
Estonian director Peep Puks (1940), who co-directed Home Village with Peeter Tooming (1939-1997), filmed dozens of documentaries for Estonian television that combined realism with lyricism.
film details
| director: | Peeter Tooming, Peep Puks |
| producer: | Vaike Mesila |
| script: | Osvald Tooming |
| photography: | Peeter Tooming |
| editing: | Eevi Säde |
| music: | Kuldar Sink |
contact
ESTONIAN FILM INSTITUTE / Johannes Lõhmus / Uus 3 / 10111 / Tallinn / Estonia / +372 627 60 60 / Johannes@filmi.ee / www.filmi.ee
Film at festival
| premiere type: | Czech Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2018 |
| section: | Conference Fascinations: Baltic states |
| format: | Video File |
| language: | Estonian |
| subtitles: | English |
| colour: | Black and white |
Info
| director: | Peeter Tooming, Peep Puks |
| original title: | Koduküla |
| country: | Estonia |
| year: | 1969 |
| running time: | 11 min. |
