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Andy astub üles / Andy Stands Up

Saturday October 13, 7pm Todmorden Mills
Reception at 6pm
Film in competition
Producer: Madis Tüür / Juriidiline Keha
Director: Elen Lotman
Length: 28 minutes
Year: 2011
Languages: Estonian, English with English subtitles

 

Väliseestlane, eestlane, ameeriklane, koomik ja maailmakodanik Andrus Valvur tuleb oma vanemate kodumaale, et viia ellu oma salaunistus - esineda eestlastele eesti keeles.

Andy astub üles / Andy Stands Up - www.estdocs.com

Kuigi Andy on ameeriklane, hästi avatud ja hea suhtleja, on ta siiski vaid üks tavaline mees võõraste inimeste keskel. Kuidas teda, võõrast, seal vastu võetakse. Kas Andy huumor eestlastele üldse naljakas tundub?

 

 

Andrus Valvur was born in New York and raised in Japan, California and Switzerland, a child of the post-war Estonian exile community. He earned serious academic degrees in International Relations yet worked his entire adult life as a stand-up comic, comedy writer (for Robin Williams and Dan Ackroyd, among others), journalist and TV host. Well into middle age he decides to explore his ethnic roots by staging a one-man live comedy show in Estonia, for Estonians, in Estonian. This cheerful film documents the perilous project, paying close attention to Andy's many cross-cultural challenges.

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