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Taarka
Taarka

Taarka

Drama
August 14, 20081h 34m5.7 / 10
Overview

The first film in the Seto language in the world speaks about the brightest heroine of a small people, the folk singer Hilana Taarka, a woman who lived her whole life as an outcast in a small chimney-less hut; as an unmarried mother of children in poverty, begging her bread, doing odd jobs and singing. She always sang the truth, sometimes bitter, sometimes funny, sometimes cruel. She was feared, despised and coveted. Taarka sang throughout her remarkable life, throughout her fate, from a small Seto village to international fame. And she sang well. Really well. Taarka became the Mother of the Song, a legend. But as a woman, as a member of the community, the Seto people never really accepted her. Taarka - a despised woman and a worshiped singer.

Director
Ain Mäeots
Ain Mäeots
Production
Exitfilm
Cast
Inga Salurand
Inga SalurandTaarka
Siiri Sisask
Siiri SisaskTaarka
Marje Metsur
Marje MetsurTaarka
Kaarel Oja
Kaarel OjaVasso
Tõnu Oja
Tõnu OjaVasso
Liina Tennosaar
Liina TennosaarTaarka's Mother