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Games for Schoolchildren or Well, Come On, Smile; (Estonian: Naerata ometi) is a 1985 Soviet Estonian drama film directed by Arvo Iho and Leida Laius. The film was loosely based on the 1963 short story Kasuema (Stepmother) by Estonian author Silvia Rannamaa.




Plot


After the death of her mother, high school student Mari ends up in an orphanage. Three days later, the girl returns home, but her drunken father makes it clear almost from the door that she doesn't belong here.
The night spent at the train station ends for Mari with an acquaintance with an aggressive group of teenagers, led by Robi, and being driven to the police. In the morning, the fugitive leaves the cell: the orphanage teacher came for her.
The orphanage has its own internal hierarchy. The dashing guy Robi is considered the informal leader. The guys obey him and readily obey. The polite, intelligent Tauri, who, unlike the other pupils, has a respectable and very busy father, takes custody of the newcomer. Among the girls, the harsh, nervous Katrin, who ended up in an orphanage after her mother was imprisoned, dominates.




Cast


Monika Järv as Mari Lehiste
Hendrik Toompere Jr. as Robi
Tauri Tallermaa as Tauri
Katrin Tampleht as Katrin
Kerttu Aaving as Kerttu
Edith Helen Tuusk as Melita
Siiri Sisask as Siiri
Janika Kalmus as Anne
Helle Kuningas as Nursery teacher
Mari Lill as Robi's mother
Evald Hermaküla as Ülo, Mari's father
Eduard Tinn as Tauri's father
Rudolf Allabert as Director of the orphanage
Rein Pakk as Rein
Maria Klenskaja as Ülo's lover
Evald Aavik as Teacher




Awards and nominations


All-Union Film Festival (1986)
Grand Prize
Best Screenplay (Marina Sheptunova)
International Film Festival of Young Filmmakers of Socialist Countries in Koszalin (1986) — Polish Film Critics Prize named after Wisniewski (Arvo Iho)
USSR State Prize for 1987 (director and cameraman Arvo Iho, screenwriter Marina Sheptunova)
Berlin International Film Festival (1987) — participation in the "Kinderfilmfest" program, prize of the United Nations Children's Fund




References






External links


Naerata ometi at IMDb

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Naerata ometi
• Cinema of Estonia
• Siiri Sisask
• Rudolf Allabert
• Evald Aavik
• Enn Säde
• Maria Klenskaja
• Evald Hermaküla
• Helle Kuningas
• Hendrik Toompere Jr.