Every bona fide Estonian has met the midsummer solistice on the island of Saaremaa - anyone who has not can’t possibly know what St. John’s celebration is truly about. On the day preceding the holiday, tens of thousands of people wait for hours in a queue that stretches for kilometers, in order to board the barge that will take them to the island.
The film portrays those who are impatiently waiting to leave the continent and the locals who will stay. The villagers cannot imagine life without the queue - they've grown up with it, some have made fortunes capitalizing on ...
Director: Aleksandr Heifets | Jaak Kilmi
Crew
View all| Producer | Jaak Kilmi |
| Director | Aleksandr Heifets | Jaak Kilmi |
| Screenwriter | Aleksandr Heifets | Jaak Kilmi |
| Cinematographer | Aleksandr Heifets | Taavi Arus |
| Sound Designer | Robin Saurén |
| Editor | Aleksandr Heifets |
| Content Editor | Roald Johannson |
First releases
View all- in cinema: 13.03.2017, Cinema Elektriteater, Tartu, Estonia
- in cinema: 22.03.2017, Cinema Artis, Tallinn, Estonia
- on television: 19.04.2017, ETV, Estonia
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