Ester Kuntu

Based on a true story during the Cold War, Firebird follows a handsome, soulful young soldier who embarks on a clandestine sexual affair with a charismatic fighter pilot on an Air Force Base in occupied Estonia at the height of 1970’s Communist rule.

Over the course of one rainy autumn day, a waitress bears witness to the existential crises and breakthroughs of her customers—while enduring her own.