Darkness in Tallinn (1993)

Original title

Tallinn pimeduses

Directed by

Ilkka Järvi-Laturi

Genre

political thriller film

Country

Estonia

Runtime

1h 39m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An American writer and a Finnish director teamed up to make this political thriller set in Estonia. The story follows characters caught in a web of corruption and conspiracy.

satiricaltensesuspensefuldarkly comicgrittyfast-pacedcerebralunsettling

What happens

Darkness in Tallinn (a.k.a. City Unplugged; Estonian: Tallinn pimeduses) is a 1993 feature film, a satirical political thriller directed by Ilkka Järvi-Laturi and written by Paul Kolsby. The film premiered on September 12, 1993, at the Toronto Festival of Festivals, and later played at the Sundance Film Festival in January 1994. Written by an American and directed by a Finn (the two met at New York University), the film was one of the more unusual and most popular of 1993. It was reshown at the Rotterdam Filmfestival 2013 for professional audience. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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