Adaptation of classic Estonian novel beat the previous box office record set by ‘Avatar’ and has been submitted for the Academy Award.Tanel Toom is the filmmaker behind a genuine phenomenon in the history of Estonian cinema.His feature directorial debut, Truth And Justice, broke all box records when it was released domestically this spring, recording 205,000 admissions and beating previous record-holder Avatar, which had 194,000 admissions.
For a country with a population of just 1.3 million, it represents a huge homegrown hit.Based on a 1926 novel by Anton Hansen Tammsaare, the film centres on a feud between two farmers in the late
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