Smile at Last (1985)

16-year-old Mari, raised without a mother by a drunkard father, is put in an orphanage which she immediately, though unsuccessfully, tries to flee from. The sensitive Mari finds it hard to adapt to the coarse manners and brutal games amongst the children. Only gradually does she develop a sense for the similarly difficult fates of her fellow sufferers, who have long forgotten how to cry. She even falls in love for the first time, not with her self-appointed “protector” Tauri, but with the rough-mannered Robi.

Released

1985-11-28

Genres

Drama, Family

Runtime

85 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Leida Laius, Marina Sheptunova

TMDB rating

6.1/10 from 15 votes