A Man Who Never Was

In the final weeks of the existence of the Soviet empire a number of unusual films were released In this wry Estonian comedy a woman with an unusual talent for mimicry which eventually earns her a career on the radio between WWII and the Russian resettlement of that country with a corresponding deportation of millions of Estonians to Siberia In an absurd fashion her selfgenerate sound effects help her get out of all sorts of scrapes with the authorities When those fail her incredible nonchalance succeeds By the end of the film it becomes clear that she has bestowed her inimitable imitative gift on her newborn son as well