Mother of Mine (2005)
Äideistä parhain
1943: Nine-year-old Eero whose father is killed during the war is brought to Sweden to foster parents to his protection like thousands of other Finnish children. Eero feels lost, particularly as his foster mother Signe behaves very unfriendly. She was expecting a little girl and still mourns for her daughter who drowned in the sea.
- Date of release
- 2005-09-30
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (50)
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Director
- Klaus Härö
Casting
- Topi Majaniemi — Eero Lahti
- Marjaana Maijala — Kirsti Lahti - Eeron äiti
- Maria Lundqvist — Signe Jönsson - äiti Ruotsissa
- Michael Nyqvist — Hjalmar Jönsson - isä Ruotsissa
- Esko Salminen — Eero Lahti - nykyaika
- Aino-Maija Tikkanen — Kirsti Lahti - nykyaika
- Leif Andrée — Gunnar
- Marie Göranzon — Rouva Grevnäs
- Gustav Wiklund — Pappi
- Kari-Pekka Toivonen — Lauri - Eeron isä
- Brasse Brännström — Isoisä Ruotsissa
- Penny Elvira Loftéen — Siv - naapurintyttö
Interesting facts
- Based on: Äideistä parhain
- Awards: 1 · Nominations: 2. Including: Jussi Award for Best Photography
Mother of Mine is a 2005 Finnish drama 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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