Goodbye Soviet Union
"Always being different"
Overview
A humoristic coming-of-age story of Johannes who is born prematurely to a very young single mother. His destiny is to be always separated from his loved ones, to be “different”, to lose his hair because of pollution and to fall in love with a Chechen girl. All this during the turbulent times of the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Movie Details
Budget
$1.6M
$1,590,000
Languages
Estonian
+2 more
Studio
Exitfilm
+1 more
Key Crew
Lauri Randla
Director
Peeter Urbla
Producer
Lauri Randla
Screenplay
Cast
Niklas Kouzmitchev
Johannes
Nika Savolainen
Mother
Ülle Kaljuste
Grandma
Tõnu Oja
Grandpa
Pääru Oja
Uncle Kolja
Elene Baratashvili
Vera
Jekaterina Linnamäe
Lidija
Dima Bespalov
Gena
Sten Karpov
Tamerlan
Tatjana Manevskaja
Teacher Ivanova
Viktor Lanberg
Principal
Anne Reemann
Social Worker #1
Piret Krumm
Social Worker #2
Oleg Želudkov
Chernenko
Kiiri Tamm
Midwife
Jekaterina Kordas
Housekeeper
Igor Rogatšov
Tank Commander
Luule Komissarov
Doctor
Enrico Oja
Johannes (age 6)
Elina Pähklimägi
Barbie
