September 19, 2003
Release Date

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Somnambulance (2003)

Name: Somnambulance
Genre: Drama
Released: 2003-09-19

2h 9m

Running Time

September 19, 2003
Release Date

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Plot.

Autumn 1944, Estonia. Tens of thousands of people leave their homeland in fear of approaching frontline. Some seashore villages remain completely empty. A young woman with huge grey eyes gets off the boat. Eetla leaves the last boat, thus giving up her last chance to escape. Defying the cold wind and rain of September, she returns to the lighthouse which is unexpected to her father Gottfrid, the lighthouse keeper, and herself. Eetla's return becomes her self-encounter and self-recognition.

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Details.

Release Date
September 19, 2003

Original Name
Somnambuul

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 9m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-10

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Somnambuul (English: Somnambulance) is a 2003 Estonian drama film directed by Sulev Keedus.

The film is set in autumn 1944 in Estonia. Thousands of people are fleeing to the west in order to free from Soviet occupation. A young woman, Eetla, is about to reach to a boat, but in the last moment she resigns and goes back to her home. Her father is the only one on the island, who also didn't escape. Fear, dreams and unknown future are ahead.

Awards:

2004: Festival Baltyk-o-Balkan (Paris, France), 2004, Grand Prix