Heart of Stone

Kivi südamel (original title)

Logline

Amidst the funeral of her little sister's rat, buried feelings of blame resurface in the broken family.

Synopsis

Elo is visiting her family on a small island. Her complicated relationship with her mother is just about to warm up, when her half-sister’s pet rat Siisik takes its last breath. The family dinner is interrupted by the need to send Siisik on a last farewell. The mother’s apathy towards the death of the pet rat triggers Elo and opens up a gate to the past, when her own grief was left unnoticed.