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