by Laurence Boyce
Article:
http://cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t...Mushrooming to represent Estonia at Oscars26/09/2012 - Toomas Hussar's Mushrooming (Seenelkäik) has been selected as Estonian’s entry for the 2013 Academy Awards.
The film follows the fortunes of politician Aadu Kägu (Raivo E. Tamm) who is desperate to connect with the voting public. But, unbeknownst to him, a scandal is brewing over his expenses, which will be an embarrassment to his party. But after going into the forest to pick mushrooms with his wife and hitch-hiking rock star Zak, Kägu goes missing. As he struggles with his spouse, travelling companion, the elements and the inhabitants of the forest, his party secretly hope that he’ll stay missing….................................................
