Smile at Last (1985)
Overview
16-year-old Mari, raised without a mother by a drunkard father, is put in an orphanage which she immediately, though unsuccessfully, tries to flee from. The sensitive Mari finds it hard to adapt to the coarse manners and brutal games amongst the children. Only gradually does she develop a sense for the similarly difficult fates of her fellow sufferers, who have long forgotten how to cry. She even falls in love for the first time, not with her self-appointed “protector” Tauri, but with the rough-mannered Robi.
Cast
Monika Raide
Mari
Hendrik Toompere
Robi
Tauri Tallermaa
Tauri
Katrin Tamleht
Katrin
Edith-Helen Kuusk
Melita
Siiri Sisask
Siiri
Helle Kuningas
Teacher
Mari Lill
Robi's Mother
Evald Hermaküla
Mari's Father
Eduard Tinn
Tauri's Father
Anneli Aunap
Anneli
Rein Pakk
Rein
Rudolf Allabert
Headmaster
Maria Klenskaja
Ülo's Lover
Evald Aavik
Male Teacher
Reet Paavel
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