Man of Kihnu

Synopsis

In 1986, twelve years after his film Kihnu Naine (The women of Kishnou), Mark Soosaar made this complementary documentary at the centre of which are the male inhabitants of the island. With a bitter undertone to it, Soosaar shows how, to this view, a lack of possibilities for self-government and the conceited attitude of the mainland towards the islanders have caused great problems to this society. The island has been negligently placed under far too large a kolkhoz. Enormous alcoholism is prevalent among the male population and, increasingly, among the women. Sheer possession of money has become a standard of regard. If a family cannot spare 4,000 roubles for the marriage of their children, they are ignored by the other islanders. In this dramatic as well as poetic documentary we see how the social awareness of a society has gone by the board. Merely concrete and strict reformations can improve the situation the island is in.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Mark-Toomas Soosaar
Writing	Writer	Mark-Toomas Soosaar
Camera	Director of Photography	Mark-Toomas Soosaar
Editing	Editor	Eha Meier
Production	Production Executive	Janika Freidkes
	Consulting Producer	Alar Neiland Mihkel Sutt
	Administration	Sulev Saar
Sound	Sound	Mart Kessel-Otsa
	Sound Designer	Ike Volkov
Crew	Translator	Märt Müür
Department	Role	Name

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