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入围第24届塔林黑夜电影节主竞赛。<br/> “Whatareyoufiddlingthere?”–“What?”–“Whatareyoufiddling?”–“I’mnotfiddlinganything!”–“Damn,Isawwhatyoudidthereundertheblanket–youwerefiddlingwithyourwillie!”–“No,Iwasn’t!”–“Doyouwanttobecomediseased?Youcouldevendie,ifyoufiddle!”<br/> It’snotaneasything,theendofchildhood.Particularlyifyouareaboy,growingupinabackyardofastiflingsmalltowninEstoniaatthebeginningofthe1980s,getbulliedatschoolandyourlifeisotherwisetedious,andathomeyouhavetosufferantiquatedgrandparents.It’sgoodthatyouhaveatleastsomefriends,likeasylum-certifiedKollaandex-convictValter–bothfromthesamebackyard.TheonlyplacewherelifecannottroubleyouwithitsworriesisLakeTamula–youcanloseyourselffishingtherefordays.<br/> GrandmasterPeeterSimm’sfilmstaysonthesamewavelengthwithOlaviRuitlane’sbestsellerofthesametitle,beingsimultaneously“IntheBackYard”and“Spring”,comicalandtragic,lyricalandgrotesque,tenderandcruel.Therearealotof‘firsts’here:thefirstwillie-fiddling,thefirstlove,thefirstcloseencounterwithdeath,plusanumberoffarcicaleventswhichcanonlyhappeninthefertileconditionsoftheSovietabsurd.Becausethebackyardisthetheatrestageofthepopulace,whereeveryonedirectstheplaycalled“MyLife”.<br/> Still,itisnotastoryoftheSovietabsurdandtheendofanera,butaboutthepossibilitiesofstayinghumaninanimperfectworld.Allthecharactersofthisinnocentlyauthenticuniverse–fromtherecidivisttothecommunist–wishtobeloved.Andthatisthemostimportantthing.<br/> TiitTuumalu
