Mother of Mine ( Äideistä parhain ) ( Den Bästa av mödrar )

Mother of Mine (DVD) (*)

$20.99

Original Title: Äideistä parhain
Alternate Title: Den Bästa av mödrar
Screened, competed or awarded at:
European Film Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Arabic ( Dolby Linear PCM )
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Finnish ( Dolby DTS 5.1 )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Swedish ( Dolby DTS 5.1 )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

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

Running Time:
104 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2005 and produced in:
Finland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Sweden ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Klaus Härö

Written By:
Klaus Härö
Heikki Hietamies
Jimmy Karlsson

Actors:
Topi Majaniemi ..... Eero
Maria Lundqvist ..... Signe Jönsson, Swedish mother
Marjaana Maijala ..... Kirsti Lahti, Eero's mother
Michael Nyqvist ..... Hjalmar Jönsson, Swedish father
Esko Salminen ..... Eero (present day)
Aino-Maija Tikkanen ..... Kirsti Lahti (present day)
Kari-Pekka Toivonen ..... Lauri, Eero's father
Brasse Brännström ..... Farfar i Sverige
Penny Elvira Loftéen ..... Siv, Eeros vän
Leif Andrée ..... Gunnar
Marie Göranzon ..... Fru Grevnäs
Patrick Henriksen ..... Tuomas
Maria Langhammer ..... Anna
Marina Motaleff ..... Lotta
Åsa Persson ..... Lärarinnan
Jukka Puotila ..... Radioääni Carl-Erik Creutz (voice)
J. Christoffer Slotte ..... Postilähetti (scenes deleted)
Timo Tuominen ..... Tysk officer
Gustav Wiklund ..... Prästen

Synopsis:

The plight of displaced Finnish children sent to Sweden and Denmark to escape the horrors of World War II are explored in director Klaus Härö's tale of a young boy failing to adapt to his strange, and sometimes harsh, new surroundings. Following the death of his father, nine-year-old Eero (Topi Majaniemi) is sent by his mother to live with a foster family in rural Sweden for the duration of the war. Eero is begrudgingly accepted by a surrogate mother who had been hoping for a young girl to help with the chores, and he's mocked by his classmates for his frightened reaction to passing planes. Eero's already troubled childhood is further complicated when his resentful foster mother takes it upon herself to act as a filter for his mother's incoming letters.

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. The situation changes when Eero's mother tells with a letter that she wants to go with her lover to Germany and Eero should remain with his foster mother. Thus Eero becomes Signe's son. Now she cares lovingly for him. Eero makes friends with the little girl Siv and enjoys childhood for a while. However, after the end of the war the boy has to go back to Finland against his will where his mother waits for him. Never again he will be able to trust her, since she has disappointed him too often. 60 years later, invited to Signe's burial, he will understand while reading all letters that both women only wanted the best for him.

During World War II, more than 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated to neutral Sweden to avoid the conflict. 'Mother of Mine,' the latest from the award-winning Klaus Haro ('Elina'), 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 surrogate mom. When he is returned to Finland, his confusion intensifies.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 09 April, 2007.

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