The Temptation of St. Tony

The Temptation of St. Tony is a 2009 Estonian film written and directed by Veiko Õunpuu, starring Taavi Eelmaa. The plot has been described as a black comedy and centers around a successful, middle aged man who becomes interested in questions about morality. The film was a co-production between companies from Estonia, Sweden and Finland.

Cast

Taavi Eelmaa as Tõnu
Ravshana Kurkova as Nadezhda
Tiina Tauraite as Tõnu's wife
Sten Ljunggren as Herr Meister
Denis Lavant as Count Dionysos Korzybski
Hendrik Toompere Jr. as Toivo
Katariina Lauk as Toivo's wife
Harry Kõrvits as Director
Taavi Teplenkov as Urbo
Marika Barabanstsikova as Urbo's wife
Rain Tolk as Kleine Willy
Liis Lepik as Tõnu's child
Valeri Fjodorov as Nadezhda's father
Evald Aavik as Priest
Andres Puustusmaa as Fence builder

Awards and nominations

Markku Pätilä and Jaagup Roomet were nominated for Best Production Designers at the European Film Awards 2010 for their work on the film. The Temptation of St. Tony was selected as Estonia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it didn't make the final shortlist.