DocPoint: "Gori the Caricaturist"
A richly animated documentary about the extremely popular caricaturist Gori, whose fate in Estonia at the beginning of the last century shows the balance between power and freedom like a mirror. In the Fellini-like world of Gori (1894-1944), farce and drama, mockery and big politics mix. There is no subject that Gori's pen will not mock until the winds turn and mouths are being closed. Power is concentrated in the hands of new dictators. And that power fears nothing more than its own ridiculousness. However, ridiculing the enemy is one of his most effective weapons.
Gori the Caricaturist by Raimo Jõerand is all about talent. About the artist's temptation to waste and share his talent when it is accompanied by applause, and about the obligation to serve his talent even if it leads straight to destruction. Here, documentary narrative and grotesque animation intertwine. The story of a man who drew himself to death.
The film's director-screenwriter and editor is Raimo Jõerand, animation director Meelis Arulepp, cinematographer Manfred Vainokivi, composer Ardo Ran Varres, and sound director Harmo Kallaste. The producers of the film are Marju Lepp / Filmivabrik and Kristel Tõldsepp / A Film Eesti.
The film has been supported by the Estonian Film Institute and the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.
Distributor:
DocPoint Tallinn MTÜ
Director:
Raimo Jõerand
