Smaragda – mul on paks nahk ja ma ei oska hüpata
EST
Smaragda otsustab kolida äsja surnud ema koju, et hoolitseda temast maha jäänud juhtkoera eest. Kuumaverelises Küprose turismilinnas on Smaragdal aga üksjagu alternatiive kodus leinamisele. Tema šokolaadmagus pilk ja aja voolitud naiselikkus panevad kihelema meesisendeid tööl, koduteel ning kokteilijääkidest kleepuvatel tantsupõrandatel.
Kas vallaline ja lastetu keskealine naine on parimal juhul nähtus, mis ilmutab end üheks ööks, et seejärel päeval märkamatu hooldaja rolli kaduda? Smaragdale kui endisele lasteprogrammi saatejuhile see mõte ei istu. Lootus pääseda 46-aastasena uuesti teleekraanile kipub siiski mattuma reaalsuse alla, et tähetolmu püüdmise asemel tuleb elatist teenida mängutoas lapsi hoides.
Endalegi ootamatult on Smaragda sattunud teenindama inimesi, kelle edu ja peremudel sobitub ühiskonna ajajoonele. See aga ei löö verest välja naist, kes oskab nautida suitsu, seksi, sõprust ja värskelt avastatud sotsiaalmeedia võimu.
Elise Jagomägi
ENG
Smaragda decides to move to the home of her recently deceased mother to take care of the guide dog she left behind. However, in a hot-blooded Cyprian tourist city, Smaragda finds plenty of alternatives to grieving at home. Her chocolate-sweet eyes and time-sculpted femininity titillates males at work, on the way home, and on dance floors sticky with spilt cocktails.
Is a single and childless middle-aged woman at best a phenomenon that unveils itself for one night, only to then disappear into the role of an unnoticed caregiver during the day? This thought does not sit well with Smaragda as a former children’s programme host. But the hope to again reach the TV screen tends to be buried by reality – instead of trying to catch stardust, she must earn a living babysitting children in a playroom.
Against her expectations, Smaragda has ended up in a serving role in lives that fit the societal timeline with their family models and success. However, this does not dishearten a woman who knows how to enjoy smoking, sex, friends, and the power of newly discovered social media.
Elise Jagomägi
