Letters from the Island of the Insane (1966)
Original title: Kirjad Sõgedate külast
Based on the letters "Anguish" and "Perishing of the Reef" from the collection of short stories "Letters from the Island of the Insane" by Juhan Smuul
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- eels
- risking one's life
- wisdom
- mental suffering
- humour
- juniper forest
- seagulls
- seine fishing
- cleaning the fishing nets
- collective fishery
- fisherman's village
- fishermen's wives
- courtship
- tavern
- village shop
- shipwreck
- telling stories
- campfire
- manliness
- castaways
- sea views
- motorboat
- contemplations
- Central Committee of the Communist Party
- rescue work
- coastal fishermen
- godson
- bird's eye view of the island
- harbour bridge
- blindness
- memories of war
- farm yard
- storm at sea
- dreams
- old fisherman
- drinking vodka
- making hay with a scythe
- narrow-mindedness
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