Leyda LAIUS
Лейда ЛАЙУС
Leïda LAIOUS
USSR (Estonia), 1989, 103mn 
fiction
A Stolen Meeting
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Украденное свидание

 

 Une rencontre volée

 Ukradennoe svidanie

Other titles : Varastatud kohtumine (titre original)
 
Directed by : Leyda LAIUS (Лейда ЛАЙУС)
Writing credits : Mariya ZVEREVA (Мария ЗВЕРЕВА)
 
Cast
Mariya KLENSKAYA ( Мария КЛЕНСКАЯ) ...Valentina Saar
Lembit PETERSON (Лембит ПЕТЕРСОН)
Igor IVANOV (Игорь ИВАНОВ)
Vladimir LAPTEV (Владимир ЛАПТЕВ )
 
Cinematography : Yuri SILLART (Юрий СИЛЛАРТ)
Music : Lepo SUMERA (Лепо СУМЕРА)
Production : Tallinfilm
 
Sites : IMDb, Kinopoisk

Plot synopsis
Valentina Saar, a former resident of a children’s home, gave birth to a child and, in order to ensure a secure future for her son, eventually resorted to robbery. She was tried and sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment. Hoping that at least her child might have some luck in this wretched life, she gave up her son. The boy was adopted by a well-off family, and she was grateful to fate. Now, having been released from prison, Valentina decides to get her son back, and once again resorts to blackmail and theft. However, during the long-awaited visit, Valentina decides not to ruin her child’s life and abandons her plan.
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- FEMA / La Rochelle International Film Festival, La Rochelle (France), 2026
- Baltic Soviet films, (kinoglaz.fr), 2026
- Childhood and Soviet cinema, (kinoglaz.fr), 2026

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