Drama Romance
Duration 2h 6m
Country Estonia, Soome
Director Marko Raat
Cast Tommi Korpela, Tiina Tauraite, Jan Uuspõld
Language estonian
Subtitle Language estonian, inglise
Levitaja ACME Film
Two girls are gazing at the shimmering Estonian lake that bears mysteries and perhaps even possesses a supernatural power to take or to save human lives. Soon those waters will bring a devastating disaster to their village. A calamity which will be followed by a chain of tragedies and adventures, all revolving around desire and love.
Using the language of a poetic fairy tale, 8 Views of Lake Biwa offers a free flowing, meditative journey through borders and cultural differences – an almost therapeutic experience of reverie and relief. Inspired by the traditions ...Show more
Two girls are gazing at the shimmering Estonian lake that bears mysteries and perhaps even possesses a supernatural power to take or to save human lives. Soon those waters will bring a devastating disaster to their village. A calamity which will be followed by a chain of tragedies and adventures, all revolving around desire and love.
Using the language of a poetic fairy tale, 8 Views of Lake Biwa offers a free flowing, meditative journey through borders and cultural differences – an almost therapeutic experience of reverie and relief. Inspired by the traditions of Japanese episodic storytelling and its iconic imagery, Marko Raat combines them with the sensibility of Baltic cultures. Though reserved, his mystical film is centred on passions and eroticism of an extremely high voltage.
In Raat's magical universe, you can cross a lake on the Russian-Estonian border and find yourself in faraway Japan. You can time travel and cross the lines between reality and fantasy without even noticing it. When everything is taken as part of the real, everything becomes one: life and death, men and nature, East and West. Distances disappear, while time meanders, bringing together the past, the present and the unknown.
– Evgeny Gusyatinskiy
Meet the creators of films! Watching films is great, but it’s also cool to see and listen to those who are involved in making the films. This series offers a chance to meet the makers of mostly our local films, but also includes some filmmakers from abroad. This is an exciting opportunity to see a new film and exchange thoughts with the authors, actors or the film crew.