December Heat (Detsembrikuumus)
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DECEMBER HEAT is a lavish action-drama based on the attempted Communist takeover of Tallinn, Estonia on December 1, 1924. Tanel is a soldier whose new bride Anna is fed up with the misery in her country. She persuades Tanel to emigrate to Paris; but just as they are boarding the train out of the country, there’s chaos in the streets. The Comintern is struggling to take over Tallinn’s power points – government offices, the train station, the telegraph office – but the city’s soldiers and populace fight back ferociously. Anna is taken hostage by the Bolshevik leader, a former friend from their student days. With men from both sides being massacred in a hail of bullets, Tanel is called upon to save his wife and his country’s freedom. The outcome of the takeover of Tallinn hinges on a bit of 1920s technology, a communiqué that the Estonian Communists must send by telegraph to their Soviet comrades waiting for news on the other side of the border. You might recall that a series of Russian cyber-attacks against Estonian web sites crippled the nation’s internet access in 2007. It seems the struggle for cross-border control of Estonia goes on. (In Estonian and Russian with subtitles) –B.B.
| Category | Central and Eastern European Film Competition |
| Producer | Artur Talvik |
| Screenplay | Lauri Vahtre, Mihkel Ulman |
| Cinematography | Kjell Lagerroos |
| Editing | Tambet Tasuja |
| Principal Cast | Sergo Vares, Liisi Koikson, Tõnu Kark, Mait Malmsten, Tambet Tuisk, Carmen Mikiver, Ain Lutsepp, Emil-Joosep Virkus |
| Director Bio | Asko Kase is a writer, editor and director. |
| Select Filmography | “Hundi agoonia" (2006), “Zen läbi prügi" (2007), DECEMBER HEAT (2009) |
| Print Source |
Estonian Film Foundation tristan@efsa.ee www.efsa.ee |
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at 2:00 PMWednesday, March 24, 2010 at 7:30 PM
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