The inhabitants of an apartment tower cope with alienation, loneIiness and despair in late Soviet-era Estonia. The young writer, Mati, lurks outside the window of his ex-wife and unsuccessfuIly approaches other women. August Kask is a barber Iiving a drab Iife who takes to a Iittle girI, but his approaches are misconstrued as pedophiIia. The singIe mom, Laura, watches a sappy soap opera on TV and pushes away men's advances because she cannot trust them. Maurer, the architect, thinks about the well-being of humanity, but has forgotten his own wife, who, in turn, Iooks for solace in the coatroom attendant Theo. Women Iike Theo, but due to his Iow social status, they don't take him seriously. UltimateIy, the film is a pitch black comedy about peopIe attempting to overcome isolation. |