Püha Tõnu kiusamine (The Temptation of St. Tony) is an Estonian/Swedish/Finnish co-production directed by Veiko Õunpuu. The Estonian production company is Homeless Bob Production. The Swedish company is ATMO, that also produced Metropia (you can read my review of the movie here). And last but not least the Finnish production company is Bronson Club, where I work, and I was the production manager of the film in Finland. The Estonian premiere was on saturday and I travelled to Tallinn to see the film.
Here’s the trailer:
The Temptation of St. Tony is a film about a man who reached middle age, and finds himself in exactly the kind of darkening forest that Dante describes. An unusual problem intrudes upon his moderately prosperous and quiet life – morality. Is it possible to be a “good person”? What does that mean anyway? And what’s in it for you? On his journey towards a cleaner conscience but an increasingly complicated reality, Tony meets several typical specimens familiar from contemporary Estonian society and lives trough exciting adventures, not without diverting humor. And it starts to to seem that slowly, and quite inevitably, the man loses his job, his family, and finally reality, itself.
Taavi Eelmaa is Tõnu
The Temptation of St. Tony is more than a movie, it is a piece of abstract art and Veiko Õunpuu is the artist. It feels almost impossible to place this movie into a certain genre, it’s more of a combination of drama, art house and even thriller. Luis Buñuel was thanked in the end credits and I imagine that he has been a big influence in the directors life and especially in the making of St. Tony.
I went to Tallinn for the premiere and here are some pictures from the premiere and after party
For more photos, check out my Flickr.
And for more info about the movie you can visit the official site here.
I’m extremely proud of being a part of this production and I want to thank all the people involved in the making of this movie. And a special thanks to producer Katrin Kissa, whom without this movie wouldn’t exist.
