Games For Schoolchildren

Games For Schoolchildren

85 mins | Drama, Family | Jan. 23, 1985

Mari's mom is dead and dad's drinking. Life in an orphanage seems impossible to her, but there's nowhere to go. She has to get used to living without homesickness, brutal among other teenagers and children's. Fortunately, there is a Tauri who behaves well, but who for some reason is not much-loved. Robi, who breaks the rules, on the other hand, is everyone's favourite, although Mari thinks she should hate him. A lesson in seeing other people around you and seeing them under the outer shell is almost unbearable for a girl, but her fate depends on it. Based on Silvia Rannamaa's novel "Stepmother".

Games For Schoolchildren

85 mins | Drama, Family | Jan. 23, 1985

Games For Schoolchildren
Mari's mom is dead and dad's drinking. Life in an orphanage seems impossible to her, but there's nowhere to go. She has to get used to living without homesickness, brutal among other teenagers and children's. Fortunately, there is a Tauri who behaves well, but who for some reason is not much-loved. Robi, who breaks the rules, on the other hand, is everyone's favourite, although Mari thinks she should hate him. A lesson in seeing other people around you and seeing them under the outer shell is almost unbearable for a girl, but her fate depends on it. Based on Silvia Rannamaa's novel "Stepmother".
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Tallinnfilm
Original title Naerata ometi
Directors Leida Laius, Arvo Iho
Writers Marina Sheptunova, Silvia Rannamaa

Cast

Monika Järv

as Mari

Tauri Tallermaa

as Tauri

Katrin Tamleht

as Katrin

Kerttu Aaving

as Kerttu

Edith-Helen Kuusk

as Melita

Siiri Sisask

as Siiri

Janika Kalmus

as Anne

Helle Kuningas

as Teacher

Mari Lill

as Robi's Mother

Evald Hermaküla

as Mari's Father

Eduard Tinn

as Tauri's Father

Maria Klenskaja

as Ülo's Lover

Reet Paavel

as Anne's Mother

Rein Pakk

as Rein

Rudolf Allabert

as Headmaster

Evald Aavik

as Male Teacher