THE TEMPTATION OF ST. TONY
by Veiko Õunpuu
synopsis
The story of a man, who has reached middle age, and finds himself in exactly the kind of darkening forest that Dante describes. An unusual problem intrudes upon his moderately prosperous and quiet life - morality. Is it possible to be a "good person"? What does that mean anyway? And what's in it for you? On his journey towards a clearer conscience but in increaseling complicated reality, Tony meets several typical specimen familiar from contemporary Estonian society and lives through exciting adventures, not without some diverting humour. And it starts to seem that slowly, and quite inevitably, the man loses his job, his family, and finally reality, himself.
international title: | The Temptation of St. Tony |
original title: | Püha Tõnu kiusamine |
country: | Estonia, Finland, Sweden |
year: | 2009 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Veiko Õunpuu |
film run: | 110' |
release date: | EE 10/10/2009 |
screenplay: | Veiko Õunpuu |
cast: | Taavi Eelmaa, Ravshana Kurkova, Tiina Tauraite, Sten Ljunggren, Denis Lavant, Hendrik Toompere Jr., Katariina Unt a.k.a. Katariina Lauk-Tamm, Harri Kõrvits, Taavi Teplenkov, Marika Barabanstsikova, Rain Tolk |
cinematography by: | Mart Taniel |
film editing: | Thomas Lagerman, Veiko Õunpuu |
art director: | Markku Pätilä |
costumes designer: | Helen Ehandi |
music: | Ülo Krigul |
producer: | Katrin Kissa, Tero Kaukomaa, Kristina Åberg, Jesse Fryckman |
production: | Homeless Bob Production, Bronson Club, Atmo |
backing: | Eurimages, Estonian Film Foundation, Film I Väst, Finnish Film Foundation, Swedish Film Institut, MEDIA Programme |