The documentary is based on the director's mother and aunt (twin sisters) who grew up under the terrors of Soviet occupation in Estonia. The film itself is a mix of personal memories of the occupation/Stalin's concentration camps and old footage. The girls were ten when the country was occupied. Not only are the girls interviewed, but also others affected by the occupation, including former Estonians who served in the Soviet army during the war. As the painful history of the director's mother unfolds, so does the history of the Estonian nation. As the film shows, survival during the occupation depended upon the suppression of memory, which makes it only more difficult to watch. The film is heartbreaking, but beautifully done.
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