Head käed

I'm not very familiar with Estonian or Latvian culture but I think this film gave some insight in how the Ests and Lats see each other. I even couldn't tell the different languages from each other, so when the dentist discovers that the girl couldn't have understood a word of what he was telling her the past couple of minutes (because she is Latvian and he's speaking Estonian, but she didn't tell him) it was as big a surprise for me as it must have been for him.

The Plot Summary is not completely correct: As far as I could tell, Margita doesn't just seduce the policeman for her safety, she is really attracted to him. And even before they start their relationship the policeman has found out about her recent criminal past - but he is already too much in love (understandably) to bother. The other two men she's started caring for/about also seem to be happy to live with the fact that things have started disappearing since her arrival.

The end is not a happy one (which makes this movie just that stronger) The pieces of the cruel puzzle of here life come together and we see what, or rather who, is 'driving' her.