Äideistä parhain

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Mother of Mine

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Klaus Härö
Produced by Ilkka Matila
Written by Heikki Hietamies (novel), Jimmy Karlsson, Kirsi Vikman
Starring Topi Majaniemi, Esko Salminen, Maria Lundqvist, Marjaana Maijala, Aino-Maija Tikkanen
Music by Tuomas Kantelinen
Cinematography Jarkko T. Laine
Editing by Darek Hodor
Distributed by Columbia TriStar
Release date(s)
  • 30 September 2005 (2005-09-30) (Finland)
  • 4 November 2005 (2005-11-04) (Sweden)
Running time 111 min
Country Finland
Sweden
Language Finnish
Swedish
Budget 2,900,000 €

Mother of Mine (Finnish: Äideistä parhain, Swedish: Den bästa av mödrar) is a 2005 Finnish-Swedish film directed by Klaus Härö. The film is based on a novel by Heikki Hietamies. It received good reviews from the Finnish press, and was selected to be Finland's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards.

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[edit] Plot

Äideistä parhain tells the story of a Finnish boy named Eero Lahti, played by Topi Majaniemi, as a child and Esko Salminen as an adult. Due to Eero's father being killed in the Winter War, his mother (Marjaana Maijala) falls into a deep depression and decides to send Eero to Sweden as a refugee. Eero is placed with a family in Skåne. The story focuses on Eero's difficulties in adjusting to the language barrier, resentment from his new mother, Signe (Maria Lundqvist), who would have rather had a girl placed with them than a boy, Eero's longing to go back to his biological mother and his fears of abandonment.

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[edit] Selected awards

The film won several[1] awards:

Maria Lundqvist won awards at

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Äideistä parhain at the Internet Movie Database Retrieved 30 August 2009.

[edit] External links

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