# Hea Eesti Film / # Tallinn: Spordipealinn 2025

Filmile eelneb sissejuhatav vestlus kell 21.30. 

Peatselt on algamas NSV Liidu meistrivõistluste järjekordne hooaeg. Kalevi korvpallimeeskond seisab pärast aastaid kestnud rasket tööd veelgi raskema valiku ees - Nõukogude Liit laguneb, Eesti püüdleb taasiseseisvuse poole ja ühiskonnas tõstab pead arvamus, et eestlased ei tohiks Nõukogude Liidu meistrivõistlustel osaleda. Mehed, kes on pühendanud kogu elu spordile ja treeninud vaid ühe eesmärgi nimel, teevad raske ja ühiskonnas ebapopulaarse valiku. Otsustatakse siiski mängida...

Mitte miski pole aga mängijaid ja treenerite tiimi valmistanud ette niivõrd tormiliseks hooajaks. Pärast kõikvõimalikke vintsutusi saab meeskonnal olla vaid üks eesmärk...

"Kalev" on tõsielulistel sündmustel põhinev spordidraama, mille on lavastanud Ove Musting. Hea võimalus enne 27. augustil algavaid korvpalli Euroopa meistrivõistlusi Eesti kossumängijate seni suurim triumf kinoekraanil meelde tuletada. 

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# Great Estonian Cinema / # Tallinn: Sports Capital 2025 

A short introductory talk will precede the film at 9:30 PM.

1990, the Soviet Union is on the verge of collapse and the Baltic States are on the verge of independence. Now, of all times, the Estonian basketball team "Kalev" has a good chance of becoming USSR champions. But isn't participation against the independence efforts? Is sport political?

The feature film is based on true events. In 1991, the Estonian team "Kalev" won the last basketball championship of the USSR. This victory was not easy to achieve. Back home, the players led by coach Jaak Salumets were criticised, among other things, because a Russian player was added to the team at the last moment - who made the difference in terms of sport. Ove Musting's riveting sports drama balances the athletes' private stories with the epic historical events that shook the world while "Kalev" was hitting his 3-pointers. Not forgotten, for example, are the tragic events in Vilnius in January 1991, when the Soviet army tried to suppress supporters of the restoration of Lithuanian independence. The characters in the film are forced to search for answers to the most difficult and still topical questions: What is more important - sporting career or political boycott? Is sport an instrument of dialogue or a means of flying the flag? 

The set design is impressive. Musting repeatedly places his characters in brutalist 19870s/80s Soviet architecture, in buildings that look so solid from the outside but are completely decaying on the inside - just like the repressive political system that is about to disappear forever. This highly topical reflection on a historical event became a box office hit in Estonia. We offer you a once in a lifetime opportunity to watch this on the big screen one more time right before the EuroBasket 2025 tournament begins on the 27th of August.