I Was Here (Mina olin siin) 16 years old
Nobody was born to be a drug dealer.
An adaptation of a book by Sass Henno, I Was Here. First Arrest (Mina olin siin. 1. esimene arrest, 2005), one of the most important Estonian works of literature of recent years. Seventeen-year-old Rass is growing up in an Estonian suburb. In the absence of a solid home life his family becomes a group of youngsters who are verging on being thieves. Drugs are an inseparable part of their lives, and when Rass agrees to distribute them, he gets tangled up in the narcotics trade. Small amounts suddenly become two-kilo packages that the mafia, to the misfortune of all involved, has not been paid for, and is ready to collect on by force… This story of one boy’s adolescence unwinds retrospectively over a sheet of paper on which Rass records his memories while in prison. The camera intermediates these recollections in a nervous journalistic stylisation, often even duplicating the images, which increases the pace of the story, a true-to-life basis for which can be easily imagined.
Credits
I Was Here Cast
Name | Character |
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Märt Avandi He was 27, now 43 years old | as Aivo |
Rasmus Kaljujärv He was 27, now 43 years old | as Rass |
Tambet Tuisk He was 32, now 48 years old | as Olar |
Doris Tislar She was 15, now 31 years old | as Hanna |
Johannes Naan | as Janar |
Sten Zupping He was 40, now 56 years old | as Turske tüüp |
Anne Reemann She was 45, now 61 years old | as Estonian Teacher |
Margus Prangel He was 34, now 50 years old | as Mõssa |
Marta Laan She was 23, now 39 years old | as Rassi pinginaaber |
Jaan Rekkor He was 50, now 66 years old | as Karm tüüp |
Hele Kõre | as Renita |
Marilyn Jurman She was 22, now 38 years old | as Säde |
Lidia Golovataja | as Russian Teacher |
Rafael Jenokjan | as Ruslan |
Nikolai Bentsler He was 24, now 40 years old | as Talis |
I Was Here Crew
Name | Department |
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Kaire Hendrikson as Makeup Artist. | Costume & Make-Up |
René Vilbre as Director. He was 38 (now 54) years old | Directing |
Ilmar Raag as Screenplay. He was 40 (now 56) years old | Writing |
Riina Sildos as Producer. | Production |