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Stairway to Heaven Writer and film director Mart Kivastik has written a screenplay based on his novel Stairway to Heaven, and is also the director of the film (of the same title) in production scheduled to be completed by late autumn 2022. By Maria Ulfsak Photos by Manfred Vainokivi
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ccording to the filmmakers, Stairway to Heaven is a story about time and music, friendship, love, death, life in the present day and in the 1970s, and the years of childhood. The protagonist of the film is middle-aged man named Uu. Uu’s old friend, an artist, confides a secret to Uu on his deathbed. He tells Uu how one can travel back in time. Uu is an engineer and he does not believe in miracles, but this
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trick really works. It feels great to be in the past, there is an eternal summer and Procol Harum, long hair, girls, and Jenkki chewing gum. In real life it’s autumn, Uu’s friends are all middle-aged and bored, all the girls are married, and Uu’s father is sick. Finally Uu has to decide where to stay or how to go on with his life. The author of the tragicomic story has stated that his purpose is to find answers to the question concerning the time given to a man – and whether a
Director Mart Kivastik (on the right) and cinematographer Rein Kotov.
