Йоханнес родился в Эстонии. Когда его мать уезжает работать в Финляндию, мальчик останется на попечении бабушки и дедушки. Он влюбляется в одноклассницу, влезает в драки, в общем — живет жизнью обычного подростка. А на заднем плане рушится Советский союз, считавшийся вечным. Исчезают Ленины - их место занимают Барби, крокодилы Гены и Москвичи уходят в прошлое, уступая свое место новым ценностям.
The film is set in a town that has a professional symphony orchestra, managed by authoritarian and confident Paul Levald, who has conducted both the orchestra and his family affairs for years. Due to dramatic events, Paul’s son-in-law Egon Rei must unexpectedly assume his duties. In addition to the baton, power and responsibility as well as the tensions in the orchestra, Egon inherits his father-in-law’s secrets and obligations from his complicated past. New lies are born out of old ones and, at some point, Egon realises that the revelation of truth might cause a real chaos. "Family Lies" by Valentin Kuik and Manfred Vainokivi is a relationship drama about elephants in the bedroom and skeletons in the closet, about small and big deceptions, half-truths and set-ups that can be found in every family’s secret chronicles.
The main character, Helmi, is born into the house of Baron von Strandmann in Old-Town Tallinn, in 1908. The only thing that she knows for sure about her past is that her mother was an Estonian servant girl. Everything else is a discovery during a life that runs the course of a century - a life that has quite a lot of surprises in store for Helmi. In this house she finds happiness and suffering, passion and disappointment. She grows up alongside young Erik and waits for her big love to blossom. But one floor down lives projectionist Julius - a man who is far from indifferent when it comes to Helmi. All of the biggest historical events of the century leave their mark on the house. Its hardwood floors have born soldiers' gruff boots and gentleman's shiny oxfords. Its walls have held the fates of people from far and near, foreigners and locals. Helmi's home becomes a German salon, a revolution museum, and a working class commune. And as freedom comes, real estate crooks start sniffing ...
Тридцатые годы прошлого века. Новая встреча с героями, которые теперь уже стали взрослыми. Многие живут спокойной семейной жизнью. На этот раз главным героем фильма стал Кийр со своей «акцией женитьбы», желанием разбогатеть в портняжном деле и стать хозяином хутора. Но на его пути встречаются разнообразные препятствия...
