The Graveyard Keeper's Daughter

A teenage girl learns fast and hard, how to survive in a disintegrating countryside family

A snapshot of one segment of Estonian present-day life, shown through the eyes of a child: 8 years old Lucia is leading a jolly and naughty Pippi-Longstocking-style life in a small town in Estonia. Her father Kaido, a graveyard keeper, can hardly provide for the family, her mother Maria is a drunk. Then the family receives an unexpected invitation to spend a week in Finland, in the house of the female pastor Sipra. This week will change everybody's life in unexpected ways...

• Release date
• February 25, 2011
• Runtime
• 100 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Katrin Laur

Cast

Maria Avdjuško Marija

K

Kertu-Killu Grenman Lucia

E

Esther Kõiv Jacinta Rain Simmul Kaido

U

Ulla Reinikainen Sirpa Ülle Kaljuste Anne Arvo Kukumägi Joss Eva Koldits Teacher Mets