Smile at Last
A sensitive girl struggles with first love and bullying in a 1980's Soviet orphanage. Teenage Mari is sent to an orphanage. It's an awful and unfriendly place to be. But soon two rival leading boys bo…
Smile at Last
A sensitive girl struggles with first love and bullying in a 1980's Soviet orphanage. Teenage Mari is sent to an orphanage. It's an awful and unfriendly place to be. But soon two rival leading boys both show up their interest against the girl. Which one should she fall in love with, the good or the bad one ? Unbelivable realistic picture of an orphanage-life in Soviet Union is given. Good acting. —Peterzell Mari, a sensitive, introverted teenager, is abandoned by her father after losing her mother, and sent to an orphanage that feels more like a prison. Her near-fatal struggle for survival is marked by pain, tears, and the bittersweet sting of first love, all unfolding against the tangled, thorny paths of her fellow residents. —PÖFF
Smile at Last
Drama
Film Details
A sensitive girl struggles with first love and bullying in a 1980's Soviet orphanage. Teenage Mari is sent to an orphanage. It's an awful and unfriendly place to be.
But soon two rival leading boys both show up their interest against the girl. Which one should she fall in love with, the good or the bad one ? Unbelivable realistic picture of an orphanage-life in Soviet Union is given. Good acting.
—Peterzell Mari, a sensitive, introverted teenager, is abandoned by her father after losing her mother, and sent to an orphanage that feels more like a prison. Her near-fatal struggle for survival is marked by pain, tears, and the bittersweet sting of first love, all unfolding against the tangled, thorny paths of her fellow residents. —PÖFF.