Legends of the Winding Roads

Legends of the Winding Roads (Estonian: Kurvilise tee legendid) is a 2023 documentary film directed by Tarvo Mölder about the Estonian rally drivers in the 1980s.[1]

Legends of the Winding Roads
Kurvilise tee legendid
Directed byTarvo Mölder
Written byKaidi Klein
Produced byEero Nõgene
Sterotek Film
StarringVello Õunpuu
Vallo Soots
Ilmar Raissar
Hardi Mets
Ott Tänak
Markko Märtin
Narrated byEvelin Võigemast
Release date
  • April 25, 2023 (2023-04-25)
Running time
132 minutes
CountryEstonia
LanguagesEstonian
Russian

The film was chosen to International Sport Film Festival in Italy, to St Andrews Festival in Scotland and to IDFA Festival 2023 in Netherland.[2]

Plot

edit

The film revolves around Estonian rally drivers who were under the shadow of the Soviet occupation, and the restoration of four Soviet-era Lada rally cars driven by those drivers, whose dream was to be part of the national rally team where they were given the opportunity for them to see the world beyond the authoritarian confines of the Iron Curtain.

Though the Soviet Union covered nearly one-sixth of the Earth's land and was made up of fifteen constituent republics, most of the drivers in the Soviet Rally Team were from the smallest republic of them all, Estonia.[3]

Cast

edit

Release

edit

Marketing

edit

The trailer was released by Sterotek Film via YouTube on October 7, 2022,[9] and was released theatrically in Estonia on April 26, 2023.[10] The film was also released worldwide through Netikino.ee, an Estonian video-on-demand service, on July 21, 2023.[11]

References

edit
  1. ^ "Sterotek". Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  2. ^ "„Kurvilise Tee Legendid" pääses rahvusvahelistele filmifestivalidele!". 28 September 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Kurvilise tee legendid". 21 July 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Kurvilise tee legendid – Vello Õunpuu – Saaremaa mees oli sitke kui kadakas ja üdini andekas". 3 March 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  5. ^ "FILMI "KURVILISE TEE LEGENDID" TEGELASED: VALLO SOOTS JA TOOMAS PUTMAKER". 28 March 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Filmi "Kurvilise tee legendid" tegelased: Ilmar Raissar". 12 March 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Kas sa teadsid kes on legendaarne Joel Tammeka? – Kurvilise tee legendid". 21 December 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Filmis «Kurvilise tee legendid» teevad kaasa ka Märtin ja Tänak". 25 April 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Avaldati rallisõitjatest jutustava filmi "Kurvilise tee legendid" treiler". 7 October 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Tarvo Mölder filmist "Kurvilise tee legendid": tasub vaadata ka neil, kes rallit vihkavad". 24 April 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Kurvilise tee legendid". 21 July 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
edit