My Dear Corpses (2020)

A young man Erki (Ruuben Joosua Palu) is evicted from his house and now needs to take care of his sick mother (Vilma Luik). He is forced to accept the first job proposal his friend Sass (Kristjan Ploom) could offer. Erki becomes a corpse carrier. Keeping it from mother to only confirm that everything will be fine.
The job gets even more weird when he meets his colleague Ott (Erki Laur) who has 15 years of experience in this field. Furthermore, Ott's alcoholism and outgoing mentality doesn't make it easy for Erki. He is scared of dead bodies, but soon enough he figures that the live ones are even scarier.
Ott decides to give more responsibility to Erki. He doesn't take it well and starts to doubt Ott's morality and ethics. In addition every carried corpse gets to his own psyche. Erki decides to quit the job, but Ott needs him for the last corpse to be carried. After convincing Erki they arrive at his mother's house where he finds her dead.
The one very job to keep Erki's mother warm and food on the table, is the one that keeps him away from her last days on Earth.

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