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Mother of Mine is a finlandais film of genre Drama directed by Klaus Härö with Esko Salminen

Mother of Mine (2005)

Mother of Mine
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Length 1h51
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OriginFinlande
Genres Drama,    War
Rating75% 3.7937353.7937353.7937353.7937353.793735

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.

The film had its world premiere at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, where it finished fifth in the audience balloting.

Synopsis

The story is a discussion between Eero and his biological mother (Kirsti), where they are talking to each other and clarifying their misunderstanding and difference in present time. Eero has just come back from his visit from Sweden for Signe's (Swedish mother) funeral.

Actors

Esko Salminen

(Eero Lahti - nykyaika)Aino-Maija Tikkanen

(Kirsti Lahti - nykyaika)Michael Nyqvist

(Hjalmar Jönsson - isä Ruotsissa)Kari-Pekka Toivonen
Brasse Brännström

(Isoisä Ruotsissa)
And :
Leif Andrée
Marie Göranzon
Gustav Wiklund
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