I was more mature and had some kind of life experience when I finally read it,” Toom says. “What really affected me was how contemporary the struggles of the characters of the novels were,” Toom says. We had to postpone the winter shoot twice because of that.”The years of commitment paid off. Not only did “Truth and Justice” become the highest-grossing Estonian film in history, but it made the shortlist for the 2020 international feature film Academy Award. “Working in this creative field, that there has to be this possibility of failure, that makes me tick and work harder,” Toom says.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 01, 2020 00:00 UTC