A Year Full of Drama

Outdoor screening of the movie will be part of the festival “One World 2021 Brno”. The film will be screened only with Czech subtitles.

A Year Full of Drama / Marta Pulk / Estonia 2019 / 108 min. / Estonian, Russian, Czech subtitles

How can art enrich human lives? An unusual ad offers a job as a fulltime theatregoer for a period of one year, but only those with no previous cultural experience may apply.

Alisja, a 21-year-old woman with Russian roots, lives in a remote part of Estonia. Her only theatre experience is from primary school, making her the ideal candidate for an experiment conducted by three Estonian artists. The film tracks Alisja’s yearlong theatre marathon and how it affects her life. The performances stir her emotions, calling forth deeply-stored memories, but the new experiences also sever her from her previous life and old friends. The unusual experiment shows that theatre is not only an institution but also key in forming our emotional and social understanding of the world.