The Little Comrade (2018 film)


The Little Comrade is a 2018 Estonian film directed by Moonika Siimets and based on the novels Seltsimees laps ja suured inimesed and Samet ja saepuru ehk Seltsimees laps ja kirjatähed by Leelo Tungal.
The film depicts the era of Stalinist tyranny in Estonia. The film's protagonist is six-year old girl Leelo whose mother is sent to a Siberian prison camp. Mother's last words are that if Leelo is a good girl, then mother will be soon back. Leelo is trying to do her best to fulfill mother's request.

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