A Woman Heats the Sauna

Section: Focus Estonia
Title: Naine kütab sauna
Director: Arvo Kruusement
Cast: Ita Ever, Aarne Üksküla, Katrin Välbe
Duration: 1h 9m
Country: Estonia
Language: et
Year: 1979

On a snowy winter day, Anu comes from town to the summerhouse belonging to the company she works for to clean up the place and heat the sauna for bosses and foreign guests. The farmhouse in the neighbourhood was once the home for a happy family - Anu, her husband Tõnis and their little daughter. Now that Anu and Tõnis are divorced, they will meet again at the funeral of Aita, the old woman who had lived in the same farmhouse. Here, Anu finds out the reason why her marriage fell apart.