The Dissidents

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The Dissidents
Directed by Jaak Kilmi
Written byMartin Algus
Produced byKristian Taska (Taska Film)
Starring Märt Pius
Karl-Andreas Kalmet
Veiko Porkanen
CinematographyAigars Sērmukšs
Music bySamuli Erkkilä, Joni Suhonen
Release date
  • 17 February 2017 (2017-02-17)
Running time
1h 30min
CountryEstonia
LanguageEstonian

The Dissidents (Estonian : Sangarid) is a 2017 Estonian comedy-action film directed by Jaak Kilmi. [1] The film is about three young men escaping from Soviet Estonia to Sweden via Finland in the 1980s. [2]

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References

  1. "The Dissidents". National Film Centre of Latvia. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  2. "The Dissidents". Helsinki International Film Festival . Retrieved 2018-01-07.