Mother of Mine
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Videodisc release of the 2005 motion picture.
Based on a screenplay by Veikko Aaltonen and a novel by Heikki Hietamies.
Special features: short film "Uncle" / directed by Adam Elliot (6 min.)
Maria Lundqvist, Michael Nyqvist, Topi Majaniemi, Marjaana Maïjala, Esko Salminen, Brasse Brǎnnström, Aino-Maija Tikkanen, Kari-Pekka Toivonen.
When nine-year-old Eero's father is killed at the beginning of World War II his mother, broken by grief, is unable to care for him. She sends Eero out of Finland to live with a family in Sweden, away from the conflict. Feeling abandoned by his biological Finnish mother, he cannot quite attach to his Swedish surrogate mother. When the war ends, and he returns to his mother in Finland, his confusion intensifies.
Uncle: Biography of a humble man, retold by an anonymous nephew, who strings together a collection of his uncle's passions, failings and beliefs.
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SERIES
Film Movement series
year 5, film 4.
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
In Finnish and Swedish with English subtitles; Closed-captioned.
PUBLISHED
[New York, N.Y.] : Film Movement, 2007.
Year Published: 2007
Description: 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781428156456
1428156453
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Härö, Klaus.
Matila, Ilkka, 1963-
Karlsson, Jimmy.
Vikman, Kirsi.
Hietamies, Heikki.
Lundqvist, Maria, 1963-
Nyqvist, Michael, 1959-
Majaniemi, Topi.
Maijala, Marjaana, 1968-
Salminen, Esko.
Brǎnnström, Brasse.
Tikkanen, Aino-Maija.
Elliot, Adam
Matila Röhr Productions.
Omega Film (Firm)
Film i Skåne.
Film Movement (Firm)
SUBJECTS
World War, 1939-1945 -- Finland -- Drama.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Sweden -- Drama.
Feature films -- Finland.
Finnish language materials.