Purge
2012 · Movie · 125 min · ★ 6.8
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.
Based on Purge
Also known as The Purge
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Details
- Years
- 2012
- Release date
- 2012-09-07
- Language
- FI
- Runtime
- 125 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (62 votes)
Themes
- based on novel or book
- world war ii
- post world war ii
- spanning generations
Awards & recognition
- Jussi Award — Best Photography
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2013 · nominated
Cast & crew
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)
- KK
Kaisa Kaljusaar
as Linda (4 years)
- LK
Laura Kiis
as Linda (newborn)
Directed by Antti J. Jokinen