28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

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Endless Day
Endless Day

Endless Day

director: Virve Aruoja, Jaan Tooming
original title: Lõppematu päev
country: Estonia
year: 1971
running time: 30 min.

synopsis

This playful comedy about one adventurous day in Estonia in the 1970s startled the censorship authorities to such an extent with its spontaneity and original cinematic language that they not only banned the film, but ordered its complete destruction. The film was successfully hidden from the “threat of the regime” and after 1990 it was released to the world.

biography

Estonian theater and film director Jaan Tooming (1946) made a total of four films, two in cooperation with director Virve Aruoja (1922-2013), before giving up the fight with state authorities and returning to the theater.

more about film

director: Virve Aruoja, Jaan Tooming
producer: Estonian Television, Eesti Telefilm
script: Paul-Eerik Rummo
photography: Vello Aruoja, Peeter Tooming
editing: Salme Kõrvemann
music: Olav Ehala, Tõnu Tepandi
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