Janek Vadi

It's 1947 in Estonia. After the suicide of her friend, young student Marie starts to feel threatened by the Stalinist regime. She tries to find ways to escape across the sea, but it turns out to be more difficult than she expected.

When a man goes missing from her district, solitary Irene agrees to meet with an investigator. What begins as a routine inquiry gradually turns into something more unsettling, drawing Irene into a surreal night where the boundaries between the investigation and her own past begin to blur.

Autumn 1944 in Tallinn, Estonia. German forces retreat as the Russian army settles in. Young soldier Aleksei is sent from the frontline to work in a prison filled with Estonian political prisoners.