Late 40’s after the war. Strange languaged and religioned immigrants fleeing from Karelia region are hated by Finns in the countryside. 19-year old Anni is living her life wanting to forget the war and hostility surrounding her. Falling in love with a man who hasn’t left fighting, threatens Anni’s whole family’s future and hope for mutual forgiveness..
Acting
Asta Sveholm's restrained desperation carries every frame.
Cinematography
Bleak Finnish landscapes as emotional prison.
Director
Annika Grof
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Karelian refugees faced genuine systemic discrimination in post-war Finland; over 400,000 were displaced and often treated as second-class citizens for decades.
Director Annika Grof is primarily a documentary filmmaker; this was her fiction debut, explaining the almost ethnographic attention to historical detail.
FI
