THE BLACK HOLE

MUSK AUK

By Moonika SIIMETS

REEL SUSPECTS - as SALES All rights, World

LGBT - Completed 2024

Residents of an apartment block district long for a better life, but when a black hole appears mysteriously in a lilac bush, they have to face aliens, a giant spider and an Austrian in breeches.

Festivals
& Awards

Fantastic Fest 2024
Official Selection
Warsaw FF 2024
Free Spirit Award
Tallinn Black Nights IFF 2024
Special Jury Mention, Official Selection
SXSW Sydney 2024
Official Selection
    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • LGBT, Science-fiction
    • Countries
    • ESTONIA, FINLAND
    • Languages
    • ESTONIAN
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 115 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Moonika SIIMETS
    • Writer(s)
    • Moonika SIIMETS
    • Producer(s)
    • Riina SILDOS (AMRION)
    • Synopsis
    • When the aliens land on Earth, they will change the lives of everyone they meet. Sirje and Maret, dreaming of finding work abroad, end up in an extraterrestrial science experiment. Jüri, still living with his mother, falls in love with his lustful neighbour Gertrud. Mariliis, who dreams of a world without abusive men, finds shelter at fearless bodybuilder Uma’s apartment full of giant spiders.

      A sexy blend of the styles of Cronenberg, Spielberg, and Lyne (and Gremlins), The Black Hole’s director Moonika Siimets has managed to unleash the ultimate guilty pleasure movie. It’s an incredible and radical change of style from her previous film, The Little Comrade.

      The clever screenplay weaves together cosmic orgasms, an existential lust for desire, and ancient culinary wisdom – all inspired by Estonian short stories by Armin Kõomägi and Andrus Kivirähk. The Black Hole is not where you expect to find it, but may Kri-in-Poulsen from the Milky Way let us find the right way. / Edvinas Pukšta, The Black Nights Film Festival

      The clever screenplay weaves together cosmic orgasms, an existential lust for desire, and ancient culinary wisdom – all inspired by Estonian short stories by Armin Kõomägi and Andrus Kivirähk. The Black Hole is not where you expect to find it, but may Kri-in-Poulsen from the Milky Way let us find the right way.