Kertu

Ilmar Raag : 2013
Love is Blind

A small village in Estonia. Kertu has lived here for over 30 years under her father's power. He is the reason she has a fear of strangers. Gentle and sensitive by nature, she is considered naive, reclusive and shy by the locals. One day the young woman makes an attempt to change something in her life. She sends a postcard with a poem she has copied to Villu, a handsome but degenerate village drunk and womaniser. She has never expressed feelings for anyone before and he is touched. After the Midsummer's Day celebrations Kertu goes missing without a trace. Her entire family panics because this has never happened before. After a long search she is found trembling under Villu's bed. The judgemental villagers and the family accuse Villu of taking advantage of the woman. But what really happened that night? The slowly unravelling truth is more shocking than anyone could ever imagine. An unusual love story that depicts hidden relationships of people in a small village and one family. Ilmar Raag's feature premiered at Warsaw International Film Festival 2013, and screened at Riga International Film Festival 2014.