After being fired from his job at a newspaper for writing a destructive review of a celebrated movie, Fred, an aspiring writer, learns that his girlfriend is pregnant.
Direction
Õunpuu's deadpan visual poetry turns mundanity into slow-motion tragedy.
Acting
Lagle's vacant staring contest with the void is weirdly mesmerizing.
Director
Veiko Õunpuu
Lauri Lagle
Fred
Jaanika Arum
Susanna
Laura Peterson-Aardam
Traitor to the Fatherland
Peeter Volkonski
Fred's Father
Roman Baskin
Susanna's Father
Rita Raave
Susanna's Mother
Meelis Rämmeld
Fred's Boss
Jan Uuspõld
Colleague
Anne Türnpu
Colleague
Loore Aaslav-Kaasik
Student
Marion Undusk
Student
Mari Abel
Secretary
Laine Mägi
Trolley Driver
Lauri Kaldoja
Friend
Markus Luik
Friend
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the Estonian 'dark wave' cinema movement, Õunpuu's work deliberately rejects narrative comfort for philosophical confrontation.
The 'celebrated movie' Fred pans is implied to be The Prophet (2010), making this secretly a film about criticizing the sacred cows of world cinema.
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