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Year of Production 2020

Goodbye Soviet Union

English title: Goodbye Soviet Union
Original title: Hüvasti, NSVL
German title: Goodbye Soviet Union *
Estonia, Finland, 2020

Director: Randla, Lauri
Production company: Exitfilm
Co-producers: Bufo
Age recommendation: 12 years and up
Length: 91 min.

Synopsis:
The Ingrian-Finnish Tarkkinen family in the last days of the Soviet Union. Johannes is born into an eccentric family in the Estonian Soviet Republic. When his mother leaves for Finland, and he’s left to be raised by his grandparents, snappy Johannes is forced to face life on his own. He falls deeply in love with his classmate, Vera, takes risks, gets into fights, and gets punished… all the while, in the background, the Evil Empire collapses. As the Lenins fall and the Barbie dolls take ...

Festivals:
Black Nights Tallinn IFF 2020, Biky CFF Busan 2021, Nordic Filmdays Luebeck 2021, Oulu CFF 2021, Ale Kino! CFF Poznan 2021

Website: www.facebook.com/huvastinsvl/

Study guide: Finnish

World sales address/es:
One Eyed Films (GB)