16-year-old Mari, raised without a mother by a drunkard father, is put in an orphanage which she immediately, though unsuccessfully, tries to flee from. The sensitive Mari finds it hard to adapt to the coarse manners and brutal games amongst the children. Only gradually does she develop a sense for the similarly difficult fates of her fellow sufferers, who have long forgotten how to cry. She even falls in love for the first time, not with her self-appointed “protector” Tauri, but with the rough-mannered Robi.
Monika Raide
as Mari
Hendrik Toompere
as Robi
Tauri Tallermaa
as Tauri
Katrin Tamleht
as Katrin
Kerttu Aaving
as Kerttu
Edith-Helen Kuusk
as Melita
Siiri Sisask
as Siiri
Janika Kalmus
as Anne
Helle Kuningas
as Teacher
Mari Lill
as Robi's Mother
Evald Hermaküla
as Mari's Father
Eduard Tinn
as Tauri's Father
