Fast-paced action comedy “The Dissidents” takes us back to the 1980s. Three Estonian guys flee Soviet Union, because they want to have as awesome life in the free world as they’ve seen in TV series “Miami Vice”, “Knight Rider” and “Santa Barbara”. Swedes welcome friends as real heroes, who broke through the Iron Curtain. But as the media circus blows over, our dissidents discover that they’ve become nothing more than tedious immigrants. To put food on the table, they have to do something as lame as... work! But the boys are no quitters, so they come up with new crazy ...
Director: Jaak Kilmi
Production Firm(s) | Taska Film |
Film Category | Feature film, Full length feature |
Genre | Comedy, Adventure |
Text / Dialogue | Estonian, Finnish, Swedish, Russian |
Subtitles | English, Russian |
Duration | 90:00 |
Producer | Kristian Taska |
Co-producer | Ilkka Y.L. Matila | Jānis Kalējs |
Director | Jaak Kilmi |
Screenwriter | Martin Algus |
Cinematographer | Aigars Sermukšs |
Production Desinger | Katrin Sipelgas |
Costume Designer | Anu Lensment |
Composer | Samuli Erkkilä | Joni Suhonen |
Sound Designer | Pekka Karjalainen |
Editor | Tambet Tasuja |
Ralf Tamm
Mario Viik
Einar Kotkin
Lars-Jukka Lampinen
Rita
Grandfather
Mario's brother