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Aid eistä parhain : mother of mine / Film Movement presents a film by Klaus Härö ; MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy presents in co-production with Omegafilm AB & Film i Skåne AB ; screenplay, Jimmy Karlsson and Kirsi Vikman ; produced by Ilkka Matila ; directed by Klaus Härö.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Film Movement series
- New world cinema: independent features & shorts, 1990-present
- Language:
- English
- Finnish
- Swedish
- Subjects (All):
- Boys--Psychology--Drama.
- Boys.
- Mothers and sons--Finland--Drama.
- Mothers and sons.
- Mothers and sons--Sweden--Drama.
- World War, 1939-1945--Finland--Drama.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Sweden--Drama.
- Boys--Psychology.
- Sweden.
- Finland.
- Genre:
- Fiction films.
- Feature films.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (103 min.) : sound, color.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Mother of mine
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, N.Y.] : Film Movement, 2005.
- Language Note:
- This edition in Finnish and Swedish with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- During World War II, more than 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated to neutral Sweden to avoid the conflict. 9-year-old Eero increasingly feels abandoned by his biological Finnish mother and not yet attached to his Swedish surrogate mom. When Eero is returned to Finland, his confusion intensifies.
- Notes:
- "Supported by Finnish Film Foundation/Olli Soinio, Swedish Film Institute/Marianne Ahrne, Nordic Film and TV Fund/Svend Abrahamsen, Swedish Culture Foundation in Finland/Krister Ståhlberg in co-operation with YLE Co-productions/Erkki Astala, YLE Fiction FST/Liselott Forsman, SVT/Gunnar Carlsson, Cinestar Production/Thomas Roger, Digital Film Finland Oy."
- Based on Veikko Aaltonens screenplay and Heikki Hietamies' novel äideistä Parhain.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2005.
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2012. (New world cinema: independent features & shorts, 1990-present). Available via World Wide Web.
- "Winner: 3 Finnish Oscars"
- Other Format:
- FM89562
- 616892895626
- OCLC:
- 823747852
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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