Estonian premiere

The Invisible Fight

Local title
Nähtamatu võitlus
Title in Russian
Невидимая борьба
Director
Rainer Sarnet
Country
Estonia, Latvia, Greece, Finland
Year
2023
Programme
Official Selection - Out of Competition, HÕFF’s Estonian Genre Film Competition
Genre
comedy, fantasy
Subject
religion, humour, retro, mysticism

USSR-China border, 1973.

Rafael (Ursel Tilk), is in the army onguard duty when the border falls under attack from flying Chinese kung fu warriors. Utterly fascinated by the long-haired Chinese hippie black-clad kung fu aces flying around blasting forbidden Black Sabbath music from their portable radio Rafael gets struck by a revelation; he too wants to become a kung fu warrior. Faith leads Rafael to an Orthodox monastery where the black-clad monks do their training but his road to achieving the almighty power of humility required is long, winding and full of kick-ass adventures.

Director
Rainer Sarnet
Screenwriter
Rainer Sarnet
Cast
Ursel Tilk, Ester Kuntu, Indrek Sammul, Kaarel Pogga
Producer
Katrin Kissa
DoP
Mart Taniel
Editor
Jussi Rautaniemi
Composer
Hino Koshiro
World sales
LevelK
Runtime
Language
Estonian
Subtitles
English
Director
Rainer Sarnet

Rainer Sarnet (snd 1969)

Libarebased ja kooljad (1998, co-dir), Libahundi needus (2005, TV), Kuhu põgenevad hinged (PÖFF 2007), Idioot (PÖFF 2011), November (PÖFF 2017), Vaino Vahingu päevaraamat (2021, doc)

Screenings

Chill-Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening170101 / Nähtamatu võitlus
SubtitlesEnglish
Q&A guestsMart Taniel (Director of photography), Rainer Sarnet (Director, Screenwriter), Katrin Kissa (Producer), Ester Kuntu (Cast), Indrek Sammul (Cast), Ursel Tilk (Cast)
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Teatrisaal Haapsalu kultuurikeskus
Screening039101 / Nähtamatu võitlus
SubtitlesEnglish
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