Overview
The first film in the Seto language in the world speaks about the brightest heroine of a small people, the folk singer Hilana Taarka, a woman who lived her whole life as an outcast in a small chimney-less hut; as an unmarried mother of children in poverty, begging her bread, doing odd jobs and singing. She always sang the truth, sometimes bitter, sometimes funny, sometimes cruel. She was feared, despised and coveted. Taarka sang throughout her remarkable life, throughout her fate, from a small Seto village to international fame. And she sang well. Really well. Taarka became the Mother of the Song, a legend. But as a woman, as a member of the community, the Seto people never really accepted her. Taarka - a despised woman and a worshiped singer.
Cast
- Inga Salurand as Taarka
- Siiri Sisask as Taarka
- Marje Metsur as Taarka
- Kaarel Oja as Vasso
- Tõnu Oja as Vasso
- Liina Tennosaar as Taarka's Mother
- Peeter Oja as Taarka's Father
- Marika Vaarik as Vasso's Mother
- Tanel Jonas as Rüa Piitre
- Inara Luigas as Rüa Piitre's Wife