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Film or book location · 2011

Purge by the Kloostri bridge

In 2011 the Finnish director Antti Jokinen brought the film version of Sofi Oksanen's novel Purge to the Kasari river in Matsalu. Scenes were shot near the Kloostri bridge, on the edge of one of the largest surviving flood-meadows in Europe, where the slow spring floods draw thousands of swans, geese and mallards. The flat, empty landscape suited the story of Aliide, an old woman alone on her farm, and Zara, a young trafficked woman who turns up at her door, their fates bound up with Estonia's Soviet past. The film was released in 2012. A new Kloostri bridge with a water-level regulator opened here in 2014.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

2011. aastal tõi soome lavastaja Antti Jokinen Sofi Oksaneni romaani „Puhastus“ filmiversiooni Matsalu Kasari jõe äärde. Stseene filmiti Kloostri silla lähedal, ühe Euroopa suurima säilinud luhaniidu serval, kuhu aeglased kevadised üleujutused meelitavad tuhandeid luiki, hanesid ja sinikaelparte. Lame ja tühi maastik sobis lukku Aliidest, vanast naisest, kes elab üksi oma talus, ja Zarast, inimkaubanduse ohvrist noorest naisest, kes ilmub tema uksele, kelle saatused põimuvad Eesti nõukogude minevikuga. Film jõudis ekraanile 2012. aastal. 2014. aastal avati siin uus veetaseme regulaatoriga Kloostri sild.

Map of the area around Purge by the Kloostri bridge
58.74495° N, 23.84186° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: RMK, 100 stories from the hiking route ↗

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