Veiko Õunpuu
Date of Birth: 16 Mar 1972
Country: Estonia
Biography: Veiko Õunpuu (born 16 March 1972, in Saaremaa) is an Estonian film director and screenwriter who is best known for his artistic movies Autumn Ball (Sügisball, 2007) and The Temptation of St. Tony (Püha Tõnu kiusamine, 2009). Õunpuu's films are usually slow paced artistic movies with eccentric characters.
Total Credits at Criticker: 5 (Director), 5 (Writer)
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It's Autumn. We see a huge sprawling conurbation of tower blocks built in the Soviet era - the neighborhood called Lasnamäe. Unkempt youngsters are tossing a football around muddy squares in between buildings while yelling obscenities. Men with striped sailors shirts and blank faces are smoking on the balconies built close to accommodate their ever extending families... (imdb)
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The Temptation of St. Tony (Estonian: Püha Tõnu kiusamine) is a 2009 Estonian film directed by Veiko Õunpuu. The plot has been described as a black comedy and centers around a successful, middle aged man who becomes interested in questions about morality. The film is a co-production between companies from Estonia, Sweden and Finland. (Wikipedia)
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Tühirand (2006) - Short Film
A young intellectual, Mati, engineers himself into a situation where he has to spend a weekend with his wife Helina and her lover Eduard. The trio goes to Eduard's summer house, surrounded by the majestic scenery of big forests and an empty beach. Mati, either out of jealousy or pride, has decided to win back his wife and will do anything his introverted and inert mind can come up with. What is love? Who can believe in such a thing? Is there anything at all to believe in? (imdb)
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The story of a promising, young man with exciting career opportunities and looming marital bliss. (imdb)
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A struggling mine owner supplies his workers with drugs so they'll forget a tough existence. Nearby a small community of reindeer breeders also struggles.This critique of capitalism unfolds against a Western like Lapland landscape. (imdb)
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