Äideistä parhain (Mother of Mine)
2005
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Director: Klaus Härö
Cast: Topi Majaniemi, Maria Lundqvist, Marjaana Maijala, Michael Nyqvist
Over 70,000 Finnish children were sent to Sweden to safety from the dangers of WW2. This very moving drama, based on a novel by Heikki Hietamies, tells a fictional story of a 9-year-old Eero who feels unwanted by both his biological and his surrogate mother. Maria Lundqvist gives a superb performance as the Swedish mother who initially doesn't warm up to the boy.
