Smile at Last

Smile at Last (1985) is a drama, family film directed by Leida Laius rated 6.1/10.

16-year-old Mari, raised without a mother by a drunkard father, is put in an orphanage which she immediately, though unsuccessfully, tries to flee from. The sensitive Mari finds it hard to adapt to the coarse manners and brutal games amongst the children. Only gradually does she develop a sense for the similarly difficult fates of her fellow sufferers, who have long forgotten how to cry. She even falls in love for the first time, not with her self-appointed “protector” Tauri, but with the rough-mannered Robi.

Cast

Monika Raide

Mari

Hendrik Toompere

Robi

Tauri Tallermaa

Tauri

Katrin Tamleht

Katrin

Kerttu Aaving

Kerttu

Edith-Helen Kuusk

Melita

Siiri Sisask

Siiri

Janika Kalmus

Anne

Helle Kuningas

Teacher

Mari Lill

Robi's Mother

Evald Hermaküla

Mari's Father

Eduard Tinn

Tauri's Father