Smile at Last

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.

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  Monika RaideMari
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  Hendrik ToompereRobi
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  Tauri TallermaaTauri
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  Katrin TamlehtKatrin
• Kerttu AavingKerttu Aaving — artwork unavailable
  Kerttu AavingKerttu
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  Edith-Helen KuuskMelita
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  Siiri SisaskSiiri
• Janika KalmusJanika Kalmus — artwork unavailable
  Janika KalmusAnne
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  Helle KuningasTeacher
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  Mari LillRobi's Mother