Kalev

The year is 1990 and the Soviet Union is about to come apart. The Baltic countries are trying to take their independence back. Estonia’s basketball team faces a hard decision. Should it play in the Soviet championship? Most of public opinion says no. Playing means staying part of a union that is collapsing. The team chooses to play anyway. The decision is unpopular and it draws anger. The story sets the games on court beside the politics outside. Their coach is a hard and demanding man. Kalev gets a result that goes into the history books. The film was inspired by a true story. Estonia put it forward for the Academy Award. Mait Malmsten and Reimo Sagor appear in the ninety one minute film, an Estonian production Ove Musting finished in 2022.