The Russians on Crow Island
2012 · 72 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 69 VOTES · DIR. Sulev Keedus
Overview
On the Eastern border of the European Union, on the River Narva, separating Estonia and Russia, lies Crow Island. The Krenholm Manufacturing Company founded on that island in 1857 was closed down for good in 2010. There is not a single family in Narva that has not been affected by the bankruptcy of the textile factory. Unemployed men, homeless children, street beggars, drug addicts, thieves—these are the people that live in this Russian-speaking Estonian town. It is like a bad dream. Where can they find salvation? Soviet nostalgia dies hard in this town, as does rage caused by wasted lives. How can they build new lives from these ruins? Is it possible to do the impossible?
Dialogue Timeline — 605 lines
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00:01:42 THE RUSSIANS ON CROW ISLAND
00:04:51 I was on the street like you when I was 48 but I changed
00:06:33 I don't want to live!
00:09:07 that I'd sit next to her so that she wouldn't be afraid.
00:11:11 Yura Serov, 13 years older than me.
00:13:00 He was going to tell my granny about it
00:14:44 It's the same thing with this child.
00:17:32 I was put in jail when I was 20
00:19:10 There was no bread. We ate rusk and sauerkraut.
00:25:27 Tea and buns.
00:28:54 The world is changing, so are we; we give in but we say
00:30:55 In general?
00:32:37 What about the kid? - Ii was not decided.
00:34:46 The accusation was unfair.
00:36:35 Yellow seems to be the color of the sun and life
00:38:35 You need them every morning.
00:42:37 I asked him in the court to prepare the documents
00:44:03 Should I go to the dormitory?
00:47:06 for saving everyone who say your name.
00:50:24 and I'll get an overdose.
00:54:19 Then we had a summer holiday.
00:58:46 Our son died when he was six weeks old.
01:04:30 She was not HIV-positive before.
01:08:28 Mum, is it Kristiina? - No, I can't see anyone.