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In the Crosswind

Original title: Risttuules
  • 2014
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
1.8K
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In the Crosswind (2014)
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"Risttuules" is a very emotional, tragic movie about mass deportation to Siberia based on the memories of Erna. It all started on June 14, 1941, when trucks came for the innocent families wi... Read all"Risttuules" is a very emotional, tragic movie about mass deportation to Siberia based on the memories of Erna. It all started on June 14, 1941, when trucks came for the innocent families with their children where they headed to the train station and later by animal wagons to Sib... Read all"Risttuules" is a very emotional, tragic movie about mass deportation to Siberia based on the memories of Erna. It all started on June 14, 1941, when trucks came for the innocent families with their children where they headed to the train station and later by animal wagons to Siberia. "How to survive hunger, cold, humiliation, losing friends and freedom, but still kee... Read all

  • Director
    • Martti Helde
  • Writers
    • Martti Helde
    • Liis Nimik
  • Stars
    • Laura Peterson-Aardam
    • Tarmo Song
    • Mirt Preegel
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    1.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Martti Helde
    • Writers
      • Martti Helde
      • Liis Nimik
    • Stars
      • Laura Peterson-Aardam
      • Tarmo Song
      • Mirt Preegel
    • 13User reviews
    • 39Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 9 wins & 7 nominations total

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    Laura Peterson-Aardam
    • Erna Tamm
    • (as Laura Peterson)
    Tarmo Song
    • Heldur
    Mirt Preegel
    • Eliide
    Ingrid Isotamm
    • Hermiine
    Einar Hillep
    • kolhoosi esimees…
    • Director
      • Martti Helde
    • Writers
      • Martti Helde
      • Liis Nimik
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    10Boadicea60

    Unforgetable

    So here it is 2021 and I am trying to find this title to purchase because I can not forget how hauntingly beautiful and heart breaking this film was. I had thought I was worn out with ww2 films, this would prove to be true of films from the American perspective and this foreign film reminded me there are many more perspectives to view www2 from, stories yet to unfold from this genre that we Americans know nothing about.
    1rebbase

    Bad movie, Stop watch it

    Had to watch at school. Noob movie make me sleep.

    Sad
    10billybigelow

    Originality and art but essentially the disheartened reality of mankind

    I am from Brazil, a country opposite to Estonia in any aspect you may consider - size, latitude and longitude, climate, culture, ethnic identity - but this 'Risttuules' is a touching masterpiece here, there and certainly everywhere. People in one of the most tragic and absurd historical period of our times are presented through absolutely astonishing images, art essence performing their sorrow and desperation. In a certain way, by its quality, precision and integrity, 'Risttuules' reminded me polish 'Ida', another exceptional film from a ex-communist regime country. But reality in this case is transcended by theatrical poetry. It is not indeed a film for wider audiences but for those who praise cinema and mankind destiny.
    10wrv-16858

    very good, provided you know the local history

    'Risttuules' is a film from Estonia, a Baltic country uncomfortably located in Eastern Europe. Close to Russia.

    In 1918 Estonia got independent; in 1940 the country was occupied by Stalin, in 1941 by Hitler, and in 1944 again by Stalin. In 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Estonia regained its independence.

    This film symbolizes the deportation of more than 500.000 Estonians in June 1941 by Stalin. This happened eight days before Hitler attacked the Soviet Union. It tells the story of a broken-up family, based on genuine letters from the wife to her far-away husband. They would never be re-united.

    'Risttuules' is a typical East European film: a fairly slow pace, allowing everyone to take its tragic story in to the full. But what really shines out here, is this film's picturing: very beautiful, and done in a great East European style.

    To appreciate this film to the full, I think it necessary to have a knowledge of the complicated 20th-century history of Eastern Europe. And about the mentality & style of its peoples as well. Without these ingredients, in my opinion you will miss too much.
    10Blue-Grotto

    Beautiful imagery belies a sinister history

    Snowfall in a birch grove, a woman toying with the ribbon of her dress, and wild apple blossoms radiant in the sunlight. The beautiful imagery belies a sinister history in which tens of thousands of Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians were forcibly removed from their homes, separated from loved ones, starved and abused at the hands of the Soviet Union and Stalin. Many were exterminated. The world rarely notes those whose suffering endured long after World War II ended. In black and white tableaux vivants that are at once beautiful as they are tragic, and with passages from actual letters, audiences may begin to understand what happened here. "I promise I won't ever be mad at you again," a woman writes to her husband who, unknown to her, is among those put to death. "Just tell me how to find you," she pleads. The brutal ethnic cleansing is presented in such a way, through the personal experience of Erna and her little daughter Eliide, that is as spellbinding as it is sobering and sorrowful. The history lesson comes not in the form of a harangue, but is one of haunting beauty in requiem for the innocent tears and blood. "I see how you looked at me when we first met," a woman writes of a dream "and I hear your voice telling me that we will be together forever." In this brilliant piece by a new director, these enthralling voices will finally be heard and remembered. One of my favorite films, also known as Risttuules, at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.

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    • Release date
      • March 28, 2014 (Estonia)
    • Country of origin
      • Estonia
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • Estonian
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Rüzgarların Arasında
    • Filming locations
      • Kabala Train Station, Viru-Kabala, Lääne-Viru, Estonia(train station in Siberia)
    • Production companies
      • Allfilm
      • Baltic Pine Films
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      • €650,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $20,705
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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