Purge
Love, Deception, Sacrifice
2012 · 2h 5m · Not Rated
Drama, History
Directed by
Antti J. Jokinen
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Purge
Overview
Aliide experienced The Great Terror under Stalin’s regime, and decades after her hometown people were deported to Siberia, she lives alone in an isolated house. One night, she finds a young woman in her yard – Zara has just escaped from the claws of the Russian mafia that held her as a sex slave. Survivors both, Aliide and Zara engage in unearthing each other’s motives and gradually their stories merge into one, revealing the tragedy of a family during the cruelest years in Estonian history.
Director and cast
- Antti J. Jokinen Director
- Laura Birn as Aliide Truu (young)
- Liisi Tandefelt as Aliide Truu (old)
- Amanda Pilke as Zara
- Peter Franzén as Hans Pekk
- Kristjan Sarv as Pasha
- Krista Kosonen as Ingel
- Tommi Korpela as Martin Truu
- Sonja Nüganen as Linda (10 years)
- Kaisa Kaljusaar as Linda (4 years)
- Laura Kiis as Linda (newborn)
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