Jonathan From Australia // Jonathan Austraaliast

Screening: Wednesday, October 22, 7pm, Tartu College

Producer: Kai-Ene Rääk / F-Seitse
Director: Sulev Keedus
Length: 90 minutes
Year: 2007
Language: Estonian, German with English subtitles

Critically acclaimed Jonathan from Australia generated intense discussion in Estonia
when released in 2007, about the ethics of showing daily village life on-screen.
In the film, fireworks mark the opening of the deep-sea port in the island village
of Mustjala. Will the mythological White Ship finally make port and bring happiness?
Did the myth really contemplate that German tourists on the “Lili Marleen”
were the ones to bring happiness into the grim reality of village life? Or, does the
happiness of Jüri, Eti, Leo, Feliks and Toomas lie within themselves?

Auhindu pälvinud Jonathan Austraaliast esilinastusega süttis põlema intensiivne
poleemika filmitegemise eetilisuse suhtes, et kas film peab olema läikele löödud
seebiooper või kas tegelikku elu võib filmitegija ka üles võtta. Kui süvasadam
Mustjalas avatakse ilutulestiku saatel, on tee valgele laevale avatud. Jüri, Eti, Leo,
Feliks ja Toomas on eurooplasteks saanud. Kas saksa turiste kandev “Lili Marleen”
ongi see õnne toov valge laev mida on ammu oodatud?

2007 Film of the year, Estonian Filmmakers Union
2007 Film of the year, Estonian Film Journalists Association
NB! Coarse language