Temptation of St. Tony, The
Veiko Õunpuu / EE, SE, FI, 2009 / 115 min.
Eastern Europe, the new century. Wolflike laws and a wolflike appetite. There are still a few who look for the withered tree of knowledge of good and evil, planning to build quality office furniture out of it.
Midway upon the journey of our life
I found myself within a forest dark,
For the straightforward pathway had been lost.
-Dante AlighieriThe Temptation of St. Tony is a film about a man who has reached middle age and finds himself in exactly the kind of darkening forest that Dante describes. An unusual problem intrudes upon his moderately prosperous and quiet life - morality. Is it possible to be a “good person”? What does that mean anyway? And what”s in it for you?On his journey towards a clearer conscience but an increasingly complicated reality, Tony meets several typical specimens familiar from contemporary Estonian society and lives through exciting adventures, not without some diverting humor. And it starts to seem that slowly, quite inevitably, the man loses his job, his family, and finally reality, itself. Compassion incurs capital loss.
Details
Director
Veiko Õunpuu
Production year
2009
Country
EE, SE, FI
Original title
Temptation of St. Tony, The
Length
115 min.
Subtitles
ENG
Format
DCP - encrypted
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