2018 · drama · historical · estonian
The Little Comrade
Directed by Moonika Siimets1h 40m2018
In the midst of Stalinist tyranny, six-year-old Leelo's mother is sent to a prison camp. Haunted by her mother's last words telling her to be a good kid, Leelo vows to be on her best behaviour in the confusing grown-up world in the hope that it will bring her mother back.
Our read: The Little Comrade (2018) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · historical · estonian entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / historical, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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