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Becoming Roosi
“Deep, funny and provocative story of a girl who escaped a hippy eco-commune as a child and became a cosmopolitan citizen.”
0.0 / 10• 2025• 1h 25m•NR• Estonian
Documentary
Storyline
The filmmaker follows a girl, Roosi, for 10 years from age 8-18. She grew up as the child of an activist. She struggles to cope with climate grief and guilt. Roosi is torn between the path of activism and that of creativity and teenage ecstasy, while her complex and often tense relationship with her parents unravels. Struggling to find her place in the world, she navigates uncharted landscapes, revealing unlikely facets of contemporary cosmopolitanism through the eyes of a generation coming of age in an increasingly fluid reality.
Cast & Crew
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Roosi Mai Järviste
Self
LeadRB
Risto Bakhoff
Self
LJ
Liina Järviste
Self
AA
Anna Abbing
Self
MK
Mihkel Kangur
Self
What People Are Saying
0.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Margit Lillak's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Becoming Roosi is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
