28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
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 |