
The first film in the Seto language in the world speaks about the brightest heroine of a small people, the folk singer Hilana Taarka, a woman who lived her whole life as an outcast in a small chimney-less hut; as an unmarried mother of children in poverty, begging her bread, doing odd jobs and singing. She always sang the truth, sometimes bitter, sometimes funny, sometimes cruel. She was feared, despised and coveted. Taarka sang throughout her remarkable life, throughout her fate, from a small Seto village to international fame. And she sang well. Really well. Taarka became the Mother of the Song, a legend. But as a woman, as a member of the community, the Seto people never really accepted her. Taarka - a despised woman and a worshiped singer.

as Taarka

as Taarka

as Taarka

as Vasso

as Vasso

as Taarka's Mother

as Taarka's Father

as Vasso's Mother

as Rüa Piitre

as Rüa Piitre's Wife

as Rüa Ivvan

as Tato

as Tato

as Tato

as Serko

as Serko

as Serko

as Armas Väisänen

as Anna Raudkats

as Station Master

as Priest Raag

as Nasta / Mistress of Kukumäe

as Ex Mistress of Kukumäe

as Sister of Kukumäe

as Master of Kukumäe

as Artist

as Baaba

as Harjusk

as President of Finland

as Mannerheim

as Soldier

as Toomka

as Konstantin Päts

as Estonian Official

as Tavern Keeper

as Butcher

as Butcher in the Tavern

as Banker in the Tavern

as Groom

as Groom

as Groom

as Groom

as Inspector at the Sewing Workshop

as Man in the Tavern

as Man in the Tavern

as Man in the Tavern

as Taarka's Choir

as Taarka's Choir

as Taarka's Choir

as Taarka's Choir

as Taarka's Choir

as Taarka's Choir

as Taarka's Choir

as Taarka's Choir

as Toomka's Choir

as Toomka's Choir

as Toomka's Choir

as Toomka's Choir

as Toomka's Choir

as Toomka's Choir

as Toomka's Choir

as Toomka's Choir

as Toomka's Choir

as Toomka's Choir