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Life for rent (2001)

Original title: Me ise ennast

Documentary Duration 56:26

Every year there are almost 600 suicide attemps which is the same number as people who died in the tragic sinking of the ship "Estonia". What can be the reason for this? Why does this sad statistics show Estonia as a leader in the number of suicides? Is it the loss of security for some layers of fast changing society; or is it the nearly six-month-long Nordic darkness - a combination of the depressive darkness and deeply introverted personalities? The answers to these questions are investigated through the stories of three people who have attempted suicide.

Director: Mart Taevere

Keywords: feeling of inferiority | alcoholics' children | substitute mother | substitute home | depression | life and death | mother-daughter relationship | self-confidence | dead bodies of those who have committed suicide | suicides | View all »

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Main Data

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Production Firm(s) Exitfilm
Film Category Documentary, Problem oriented
Text / Dialogue Estonian
Voiceower Estonian
Subtitles English
Duration 56:26

Crew

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Producer Peeter Urbla
Director Mart Taevere
Screenwriter Mart Taevere
Cinematographer Meelis Kadastik
Composer Siim Randla
Editor Sirje Haagel | Kaido Strööm
Content Editor Mart Taevere

Partners and Sponsors

  • Kultuuriministeerium
  • EFI
  • Eesti Kultuurkapital
  • ERR
  • Rahvusarhiiv
  • BFM
  • Kinoliit
  • Eesti Filmiajakirjanike ühing
  • Tallinnfilm