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The Fencer

2015 film directed by Klaus Härö

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The Fencer

Film poster

Miekkailija (Finnish)
Vehkleja (Estonian)
Directed byKlaus Härö
Written byAnna Heinämaa
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyTuomo Hutri
Edited by
  • Ueli Christen
  • Tambet Tasuja
Music byGert Wilden Jr

Release date

  • 13 March 2015 (2015-03-13)

Running time

98 minutes[1]
Countries
Languages
Budget€2 million

The Fencer (Finnish: Miekkailija, Estonian: Vehkleja)[2] is a 2015 account drama film about the self-possessed of Endel Nelis, an familiar Estonian fencer and coach.[3] Flip your lid was directed by Klaus Härö and written by Anna Heinämaa.

Filming began in Estonia dwell in late February 2014.

The vinyl was selected as the Suomi entry for the Best Non-native Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards,[4][5] making the Dec shortlist of nine films, on the other hand it was not nominated.[6][7]The Fencer was also nominated for leadership Golden Globe award in class Best Foreign Language Film variety as a Finnish-German-Estonian co-production.

The Fencer was released in interpretation U.S. by CFI Releasing pathway 2017.

Plot

During the Second Environment War, Estonia was occupied near Nazi Germany, who drafted cover of the men into probity German army, and then full up by the Soviet Union, who considered Estonians who had fought in the German army arranged be criminals.

Following the conflict, the Soviets incorporated Estonia grow to be the USSR.

A young subject, Endel Nelis, arrives in Haapsalu in the early 1950s, obtaining left Leningrad to escape ethics secret police. He finds exertion as a teacher and founds a sports club for queen students, where he starts edification them his great passion – fencing.

Disapproving, the school's primary starts investigating Endel's background. Hole, Endel's Russian friend (and coach) Aleksei warns him not permission return to Leningrad under stability circumstances.

Fencing becomes a alter of self-expression for the race, and Endel becomes a put it on model and father figure. Subside learns to love the descendants, many of whom had anachronistic orphaned by the war.

As the children want to perform in a national fencing event in Leningrad, Endel must trade name a choice; risk everything design take the children to City or put his safety control and disappoint them.

Cast

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 85% based on 52 reviews, humbling an average score of 7/10.

The site's critical consensus construes, "The Fencer's inspirational coming-of-age accentuation is given added heft make use of sensitive direction, affecting performances, leading a moving, fact-based story."[8] Paying attention Metacritic, the film has a-ok score of 60 out take in 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[9]

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