Goodbye Soviet Union

Goodbye Soviet Union (2020)

Hüvasti, NSVL

Always being different

Johannes, a young Ingrian Finn, grows up in Soviet Estonia with his liberal student mother and pro-Soviet grandmother. The boy's life is revolutionized when he experiences first love and his mother decides to leave for Finland.

Date of release
2020-07-10
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (19)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Lauri Randla

Casting

Interesting facts

Goodbye Soviet Union is a 2020 Estonian-Finnish tragicomedy film and the first Ingrian film. It was written and directed by Lauri Randla.

Production

The film was financed by Estonian Film Institute, Finnish Film Foundation, Eurimages, and Eesti Kultuurkapital, and was co-produced with Yle. Distribution in Finland was handled by B-Plan Distribution. Both Estonian Film Institute and the Finnish Film Foundation expressed strong early interest in the project. Notably, it became the largest single investment by Estonian Film Institute.

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