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Documentary portrays Estonians through one of the most ancient traditions of coastal villages – the coastal law. According to the legend, a Latvian steamboat Rasma collided with an underwater mine on the coast of Northern Estonia on July 5, 1941. The captain decided to direct the shop to the banks of Mohn island in order to save the passengers and a child, as well as the equipment of sewing factory evacuated from Riga, Husqvarna bicycles, grain and flour. Estonian-Latvian-Lithuanian co-produced documentary is searching for the bikes and sewing machines that have come from the board of Rasma, but also the ...

Director: Laila Pakalniņa

Keywords: rowing | demonstrating bicycles | contemporary folklore | local history | shipwreck | studying a shipwreck in the bottom of the sea | legends | recollections from the past | seabed | coastline | View all »