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

Events website: https://poff.ee/film/smaragda-mul-on-paks-nahk-ja-ma-ei-oska-hpata