Mati Põldre
Director · 1936 – 2023 · Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
Mati-Jüri Põldre (October 23, 1936 – February 7, 2023) was an Estonian film director, scenarist and operator. Põldre was born in Tallinn. From 1968 he worked at Eesti Telefilm. During the 1990s he worked at film production company Lege Artis Film. Põldre was married to journalist, screenwriter and politician Ela Tomson.
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Movie7.0DocumentaryTV MovieAn up-close look into the life of the often misunderstood movie director Grigori Kromanov through the lens of old friends and colleagues.
Movie2.5DramaThe film is set in a town that has a professional symphony orchestra, managed by authoritarian and confident Paul Levald, who has conducted both the orchestra and his family affairs for years. Due to dramatic events, Paul’s son-in-law Egon Rei must unexpectedly assume his duties. In addition to the baton, power and responsibility as well as the tensions in the orchestra, Egon inherits his father-in-law’s secrets and obligations from his complicated past. New lies are born out of old ones and, at some point, Egon realises that the revelation of truth might cause a real chaos. "Family Lies" by Valentin Kuik and Manfred Vainokivi is a relationship drama about elephants in the bedroom and skeletons in the closet, about small and big deceptions, half-truths and set-ups that can be found in every family’s secret chronicles.