Äideistä parhain
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| 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 |
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| 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.
[edit] Cast
- Topi Majaniemi Eero Lahti
- Esko Salminen Eero Lahti (present day)
- Marjaana Maijala Kirsi Lahti, mother of Eero
- Aino-Maija Tikkanen Kirsi Lahti (present day)
- Maria Lundqvist Signe Jönsson, Eero's mother in Sweden
- Michael Nyqvist Hjalmar Jönsson, Eero's father in Sweden
[edit] Selected awards
The film won several[1] awards:
- Cairo International Film Festival
- Lübeck Nordic Film Days
- Palm Springs International Film Festival
- Satellite Awards
- São Paulo International Film Festival
- Viareggio EuropaCinema
Maria Lundqvist won awards at
- São Paulo International Film Festival
- Jussi Awards
- Guldbagge Awards
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Äideistä parhain at the Internet Movie Database Retrieved 30 August 2009.
