Smile at Last

The story

16-year-old Mari, raised without a mother by a drunkard father, is put in an orphanage which she immediately, though unsuccessfully, tries to flee from. The sensitive Mari finds it hard to adapt to the coarse manners and brutal games amongst the children. Only gradually does she develop a sense for the similarly difficult fates of her fellow sufferers, who have long forgotten how to cry. She even falls in love for the first time, not with her self-appointed “protector” Tauri, but with the rough-mannered Robi.

Cast & crew

Monika RaideMari

Hendrik ToompereRobi

Tauri TallermaaTauri

Katrin TamlehtKatrin

Kerttu Aaving

Kerttu AavingKerttu

Edith-Helen KuuskMelita

Siiri SisaskSiiri

Janika Kalmus

Janika KalmusAnne

Helle KuningasTeacher

Mari LillRobi's Mother

Evald HermakülaMari's Father

Eduard TinnTauri's Father