The daughter of two famous writers, Helena upholds her late father's reputation, reciting his poems on various occasions and cherishing the memory of the legend. Relations with her mother have deteriorated since she moved to Sweden. Helena blames her mother for abandoning her father. Helena and her mother meet again as Helena's mental health deteriorates and in order to cope, she must face reality through her mother's memoirs. Helena becomes intensely involved in the story and relives it by imagining herself in her mother's place.
Stars: Elena Leeve, Tommi Korpela, Elina Knihtilä, Oiva Lohtander, Juhani Niemelä, Hannu Kivioja
Crew: Harri Räty (Director of Photography), Sami Parkkinen (Screenplay), Sami Parkkinen (Theatre Play), Heikki Kujanpää (Screenplay), Heikki Kujanpää (Theatre Play), Heikki Huttu-Hiltunen (Theatre Play)
Country: Finland
Language: suomi
Studio: Blind Spot Pictures
Runtime: 102 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Dec 05, 2008
IMDb: 5.2
Keywords:schizophrenia, marriage, poet, biography, based on play or musical, author, historical, mental illness, motherhood, 1950s
