Smile at Last (1985)
Drama · Family
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 as Mari
- Hendrik Toompere as Robi
- Tauri Tallermaa as Tauri
- Katrin Tamleht as Katrin
- Kerttu Aaving as Kerttu
- Edith-Helen Kuusk as Melita
- Siiri Sisask as Siiri
- Janika Kalmus as Anne
- Helle Kuningas as Teacher
- Mari Lill as Robi's Mother