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The Temptation of St. Tony

Original title: Püha Tõnu kiusamine
  • 20092009
  • 1h 54m
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The Temptation of St. Tony (2009)
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A mid-level manager who develops an aversion to being "good" finds himself confronting the mysteries of middle-age and morality as he loses grasp of what was once his quiet life.A mid-level manager who develops an aversion to being "good" finds himself confronting the mysteries of middle-age and morality as he loses grasp of what was once his quiet life.A mid-level manager who develops an aversion to being "good" finds himself confronting the mysteries of middle-age and morality as he loses grasp of what was once his quiet life.
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    • Veiko Õunpuu
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  • Stars
    • Taavi Eelmaa
    • Ravshana Kurkova
    • Tiina Tauraite
    • Veiko Õunpuu
    • Veiko Õunpuu
  • Stars
    • Taavi Eelmaa
    • Ravshana Kurkova
    • Tiina Tauraite
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    • 35Critic reviews
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    Taavi Eelmaa
    Taavi Eelmaa
    • Tõnu
    Ravshana Kurkova
    Ravshana Kurkova
    • Nadezhda
    Tiina Tauraite
    Tiina Tauraite
    • Tony's wife
    Sten Ljunggren
    Sten Ljunggren
    • Herr Meister
    Denis Lavant
    Denis Lavant
    • Count Dionysos Korzybski
    Rain Tolk
    • KLeine Willy
    Hendrik Toompere Jr.
    • Actor Toivo
    • (as Hendrik Toompere)
    Katariina Unt
    Katariina Unt
    • Toivo's wife
    • (as Katariina Lauk)
    Harri Kõrvits
    • Director
    • (as Harry Kõrvits)
    Taavi Teplenkov
    • Urbo
    Marika Barabanstsikova
    • Urbo's wife
    Liis Lepik
    • Tony's child
    Evald Aavik
    • Priest
    Valeri Fjodorov
    • Nadezhda's father
    Tarmo Mitt
    Moeno Wakamatsu
    • Flying woman
    Sulevi Peltola
    • Onu Vanja
    Juhan Ulfsak
    Juhan Ulfsak
    • Passenger
      • Veiko Õunpuu
      • Veiko Õunpuu
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    • Trivia
      Estonia's official submission to 83rd Academy Award's Foreign Language in 2011.
    • Goofs
      In Part I, during the Bentley scene, the shadow of the boom mic is visible for an extended period of time in the reflection of the car window.
    • Connections
      Spoofed in Tujurikkuja (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Kalla, kallis Isa käsi
      Music By August Topmann

      Sound by Jean Lattik

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    the new Bela Tarr?
    Second feature from the Estonian director of the highly acclaimed Sugisball charts the catastrophic breakdown of the life of a dull, provincial middle-manager. Comparison with Tarkovsky and others may be premature but this is no sophomore effort and is worth taking seriously as it's full of impressive, meticulous scenes, ranging from droll to oddball to deeply disturbing, with good use of ambient music and innovative camera-work (surprisingly, still possible).

    The narrative, in five parts, is sparse and evidently a large dose of obscurantism was added during the editing. At first it looks like a bleak comedy, then it seems to morph into a religious allegory (there's a fine scene where a priest walks up the wall) before developing into a quite nasty Lynchian nightmare involving cannibalism.

    One synopsis I read bears scant relation to what I saw - the diabolic choice given to Tony by the 'Meister' whether to rebel or conform (presumably a simple metaphor of life under the Soviets) was absent - which may be just as well, because the obscurity of the narrative provides much of the atmosphere.
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    • Oct 10, 2016

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      • October 10, 2009 (Estonia)
      • Estonia
      • Finland
      • Sweden
      • France
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      • Estonian
      • Russian
      • English
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      • German
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    • Production companies
      • Homeless Bob Production
      • Bronson Club
      • Atmo Media Network
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    • 1 hour 54 minutes
      • Black and White

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