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Director:
Kadri Kõusaar
Writer:
Kadri Kõusaar (writer)
Release Date:
8 February 2008 (Latvia) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Who's not loved, will not live. more
Plot:
A handsome teenager Magnus wants to commit suicide and his father tries to change his mind. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
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Cast

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Anu Aaremäe ... Girl from the Hospital
Piret Avila ... Mari
Hellar Bergmann ... Priest
Boris Burachinski ... Restaurant Client
Ivo Goldi ... Client with Special Needs
Heiko Hiller ... Waiter
Aapo Ilves ... Drugdealer
Merle Jääger ... Mother
Kaisa Karu ... Deafmute Chick No 2
Kristjan Kasearu ... Magnus
Marika Korolev ... Psychiatrist / Prostitute
Mart Laisk ... Father
Bille Neeve ... Big-breasted Woman
Kristiina Nurmis ... Helle
Marianne Ostrat ... Deafmute Chick No 1
Rita Raave ... Brothel Administrator
Ruuben Rekkor ... Small Magnus
Kerli Toim ... Sister
Andrus Vaarik ... Doctor
Margo Vaino ... Photographer in Casting Session
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
86 min
Country:
Estonia | UK
Language:
Estonian
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Filming Locations:
Hiiumaa, Estonia more
Company:
Donus Films more

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Trivia:
This is the first Estonian feature film to be independently produced and financed. more
Quotes:
Father: I used to think that the highest form of humanity was a robot. I thought all emotions were relics of our animal past. The highest form of man was a robot: totally rational. Now I realized it's actually the other way round. Science is at the animal level... more
Soundtrack:
Fading Lights are Fading/ Reign Rebuilder (Tail Out)... more

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43 out of 51 people found the following comment useful.
Sort of weak, 12 February 2008
3/10
Author: chrisbell6419 from France

"Magnus" by Kadri Kousaar was a film chosen for Un Certain Regard, one of the side festivals of Cannes, but not in main competition. It was visually interesting, but the characterization and particularly the dialog were weak. It undermined the story. Especially as it is a true story about a father and son relationship and the father plays himself in the fictional film, and then gives a documentary testament in the final five minutes. In my opinion it was a very uneven film, beautiful in many regards but undercut by so much on-the-nose sturm-und-drang and weak character development (most of them didn't have names outside of Mother, Father, and Sister, and these were major characters).

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