with Russian subtitles

with English subtitles

After seven years in a Soviet labour camp in Karaganda, the Estonian artist Ülo Sooster (1924‒1970) didn’t return to his homeland but settled in Moscow and became the most influential trend-setter for a whole generation of Soviet nonconformist artists. Narrated by the artist’s son TennoPent Sooster, this film features rare footage and interviews with Sooster’s contemporaries in the 1960s, as well as leading experts from the Kumu Art Museum, the Tartu Art Museum and The Tretyakov Gallery.

Scriptwriter, director and producer – Liliya Vyugina
Time duration – 84 minutes
Production Russia-Estonia (2020/21)