By Brian D. Renner Jun. 20, 2017
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Friday, July 21, 2017 (Limited)
Plot: What's the story about?
A young man, Endel Nelis, arrives in Haapsalu, Estonia, in the early 1950s. Having left Leningrad to escape the secret police, he finds work as a teacher and founds a sports club for his students. Endel becomes a father figure to his students and starts teaching them his great passion – fencing, which causes a conflict with the school’s principal. Envious, the principal starts investigating Endel’s background…Endel learns to love the children and looks after them; most are orphans as a result of the Russian occupation. Fencing becomes a form of self-expression for the children and Endel becomes a role model. The children want to participate in a national fencing tournament in Leningrad, and Endel must make a choice: risk everything to take the children to Leningrad or put his safety first and disappoint them.
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- June 2017: The film was in Completed status.
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The Fencer was released in 2017 on Friday, July 21, 2017 (Limited release). There were 11 other movies released on the same date, including Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Dunkirk and Girls Trip.
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