Äideistä parhain

2005
K-11
1h 51m

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

4.5K

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Drama War

During World War II, more than 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated to neutral Sweden to avoid the conflict. From the award-winning Klaus Härö (Näkymätön Elina (2002)), "Mother of Mine" ta... Read allDuring World War II, more than 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated to neutral Sweden to avoid the conflict. From the award-winning Klaus Härö (Näkymätön Elina (2002)), "Mother of Mine" tackles that painful patch of history in a tale of 9-year-old Eero, a child who increasingly... Read allDuring World War II, more than 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated to neutral Sweden to avoid the conflict. From the award-winning Klaus Härö (Näkymätön Elina (2002)), "Mother of Mine" tackles that painful patch of history in a tale of 9-year-old Eero, a child who increasingly feels abandoned by his biological Finnish mother and yet not attached to his Swedish surr... Read all

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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

4.5K

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Awards
- 16 wins & 10 nominations

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Marjaana Maijala and Topi Majaniemi in Äideistä parhain (2005)

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Trivia
Like the main character Eero, writer Heikki Hietamies was a war-child and was evacuated from Finland to Skåne, Sweden.

Connections
Featured in Jussi-gaala 2023 (2023)

Soundtracks
Kaunis Satu Vain
Written by Georg Malmstén & Roine Richard Ryynänen
Performed by Georg Malmstén
© Warner-Chappell Music Finland

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10/10

This film deserves every award it can ever get!

I used to think that it's silly to cry over something like a movie and that it's only girls that do so - until now. I felt like being torn apart when realizing the pain Signe felt when she realized that there was nothing in the world she could do to keep Eero.

It was beautiful to see the development of the bond between Signe and Eero, and it made the outcome so hard to bear. It was easy to understand how deep wounds were left in the souls of the Finnish children that were sent to "safety" in Sweden during WWII.

This is a film everybody should see. It shows a depth I have NEVER seen on the movie screen.

Thank you Klaus Haro!

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