RUUDI
RUUDI
Ruudi lives with his mother on a fishing island in Estonia. He is obsessed with the ancient Vikings who once inhabited the island. One day a reconstructed Viking ship puts up at the harbour, and invites boys to join the ship as passengers as long as they are accompanied by their fathers. Ruudi happens to be fatherless, and therefore quickly organizes a dads’ competition promising the winner not only a family but a treasure besides. One bid comes from Enn in distant New Zealand. But a couple of others are more dubious...
A charming combination of an island’s bizarre everyday life and Ruudi’s fantasy world.
35mm | Farbe / colour
Aare Toikka, Aarne Mägl, Katrin Laur
Rein Kotov
Ivo Feld
Toomas Hõrak
Eike Hosenfeld, Moritz Denis, Christian Lemmer
Paul Oskar Soe, Juta Altmets, Guido Kangur, Katariina Lauk, Aarne Mägl, Jan Uuspõls, Dan Põldroos, Alexander Eelmaa
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Katrin Laur - born 1955 in Tartu. After completing her director’s training at the Moscow VGIK in 1982, she emigrated to Germany, where she studied German in Munich (1983-87). She then worked as a journalist and editor for Radio Free Europe, and since 1994 has been a freelance author, director and screenwriter. RUUDI is her full-length debut.
Revolution aus dem Salon (1987, doc)
Die lange Reise des Reto Bantli (2002, doc)