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Good Hands (2001)

Original title: Head käed

Based on the story "Arnold" by Toomas Raudam

Feature film | Comedy | Crime Duration 90:00

Professional pickpocket Margita from Riga fails in stealing a car and hides out in an Estonian small town. She wants to leave soon but her accomplice in Riga won't pick up the phone. She meets three Estonian men in the small town, all of them attracting attention and sympathy in Margita despite of their odd manners. To crown it all, an eight-year old Pavo is entrusted to Margita. She starts to feel that this place could be her new home, but then crime news appear in local newspapers.

Director: Peeter Simm

Photos and Galleries (8)

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Videos (1)

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Related Films

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Heades kätes

2001

Main Data

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Production Firm(s)	Allfilm, Studija F.O.R.M.A. (Latvia)
Color	color
Sound	sound
Film Category	Feature film, Full length feature
Genre	Comedy, Crime
Text / Dialogue	Estonian, Latvian, Russian
Voiceower	Estonian, Latvian
Subtitles	English
Duration	90:00

Crew

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Producer	Artur Talvik \| Gatis Upmalis
Director	Peeter Simm
Screenwriter	Toomas Raudam \| Peeter Simm
Cinematographer	Uldis Jancis
Art Director	Ronald Kolmann
Costume Designer	Ieva Kundziņa
Sound Designer	Ivo Felt
Editor	Sirje Haagel
Content Editor	Baņuta Rubess
Writer of Adapted Work	Toomas Raudam
Managing Director	Endel Koplimets \| Alīse Krilova

Cast

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Leading roles

Rēzija Kalniņa
Margita
Leonarda Klavina
Evija
Tiit Sukk
Arnold
Maija Apine
Oksana
Atis Tenbergs
Pavo
Lembit Ulfsak
Adolf
Tõnu Kark
Dr Lepik
Gert Raudsep
Indrek
Regnars Vaivars
Arturs

Supporting roles

Uldis Dumpis - Doctor in Riga | Svetlana Bless - Nurse in mental hospital | Linda Skaistlauka - Street seller | Aksels Ilmars Ozoliņš - Boy

First releases

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at other places: 06.04.2001, Raja border point Valga-Valka, Estonia
at other places: 06.04.2001, Raja border point Valga-Valka, Latvia

Festivals, awards, nominations

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Award, KINOSHOCK - Open Film Festival for states of the CIS and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (Anapa, Russia), 2001, Grand Prix, Special Critics Prize
Award, The National Film Festival Lielais Kristaps (Latvia), 2001, Best Director (Peeter Simm), Best Actress (Rēzija Kalniņa), Best Screenplay (Toomas Raudam, Peeter Simm)
Award, European Film Festival (Lecce, Italy), 2002, Main Prize "Golden Olive Tree", Best Screenplay (Toomas Raudam, Peeter Simm)