Summaries

Tom, a wide-eyed, innocent sixteen year-old, finds himself an unwitting accomplice in a deadly game of vengeance and death when he befriends Artur - a Chechen man, hell bent on revenging the torture and murder of his family - on the streets of Tallinn.—Anonymous

Tom, a wide-eyed innocent sixteen year-old, ends up in hospital with a Chechen man Artur, after accidentally having saved his life in a car bomb explosion downtown Tallinn. Artur is a mysterious man who seems to have a mission of his own in Estonia. The local hardboiled detective Rain firmly believes that Artur is doing some dirty business on his door step. Fascinated by this quiet stranger, Tom helps him to escape from the hospital. Despite Artur's efforts to get rid of the young boy, they end up together like an odd couple. Slowly it becomes obvious that there is some big tragedy in Artur's life. With his charm and innocence Tom seems to ease Artur's pain, caused by his memories. A kind of friendship evolves between these two totally different men. Tom begins to realize that in Artur's life hatred and vengeance are not only words - they are real things, like the war, in which Artur lost his family. An unknown person betrayed him to the Russians, who tortured and killed his family in one of their cleansing operations. Artur fulfills his sad mission after he finally finds out who the traitor was - Kerim, Artur's "brother", who Artur grew up with. Tom witnesses the murder and is thrown into dramatic events that eventually open his eyes. Tom runs away in terror, discovering that the third "brother", Gloobus, had set up the family father Kerim. Only Tom knows that Artur had killed the wring man. Tom finds himself an unwitting accomplice in a deadly game of vengeance and death. Facing the violent chain of events only one question remains: will he become a part of it?—Anonymous

Details

Keywords
  • shootout
  • police interrogation
  • tallinn estonia
  • hideout
  • threatened with a gun
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Crime
  • Drama
Release date Jan 22, 2009
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin Germany Finland Ireland Estonia
Official sites Official site
Language English German Russian Estonian Chechen
Filming locations Hamburg, Germany
Production companies Philipp Homberg Filmproduktion Allfilm Juonifilmi

Box office

Budget $1200000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 40m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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