Mother of Mine (2005)

Original title

Äideistä parhain

Directed by

Klaus Härö

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Sweden, Finland

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

K-12

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 49 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Finnish boy is sent to Sweden during World War II to live with a foster family. He struggles with the separation from his mother and the emotional distance from his new caretaker.

melancholicpoignantbittersweetslow-burnemotionally intensewistfulheartfeltsomber

What happens

Mother of Mine (Finnish: Äideistä parhain, Swedish: Den bästa av mödrar) is a 2005 Finnish drama film directed by Klaus Härö. The film is based on a novel by Heikki Hietamies. It received good reviews from the Finnish press, and was selected to be Finland's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards. The film had its world premiere at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, where it finished fifth in the audience balloting. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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