Bride Of The Seventh Heaven ( Jumalan morsian ) ( Bride Of The 7th Heaven )

Bride Of The Seventh Heaven (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Jumalan morsian
Alternate Title: Bride Of The 7th Heaven
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Finland ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
78 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2004 and produced in:
Finland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Anastasia Lapsui
Markku Lehmuskallio

Written By:
Anastasia Lapsui

Actors:
Angelina Saraleta
Gennadi Puikko
Jevgeni Hudi
Ljuba Filipova
Viktoria Hudi

Synopsis:

An elderly Nenet woman in teepee on northern Russia's Jamal Peninsula recounts her early life betrothed to a deity for the entertainment of a blind young girl in ethnographic feature 'A Bride of the Seventh Heaven.' Third pic by director Anastasia Lapsui ('Seven Songs From the Tundra,' 'Mothers of Life') covers similar frozen turf, offering a visually fascinating yet dramatically pokey look at a unique and vanishing way of life at the top of the world. In the Nenet culture, a girl child can be married to holiest of holies, Num, before or after her birth. Lonely old Numbd Syarda (which means, literally, 'tied to Num') entertains the blind young Ilne ('giver of life') with stories of how she became one of these chosen few. Action follows various shamanistic ceremonies and rituals. Based in Finland, Nenet helmer Lapsui herself suffered temporary blindness as a child, and pic is based on stories she heard from various 'brides of god' during this time.

Where the river Seregg ngyne begins, that is where she who has seven braids started singing. She who has seven braids and a crown of metal, She is a bride of God. Beyond three rivers people can hear the tinkling of her sleigh bells. The trimming of her bonnet is whiter than the first snow of winter.

An elderly Nenet woman in teepee on northern Russia's Jamal Peninsula recounts her early life betrothed to a deity for the entertainment of a blind young girl. Third picture by director Anastasia Lapsui covers similar frozen turf, offering a visually fascinating yet dramatically pokey look at a unique and vanishing way of life at the top of the world.

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