KÄTILÖ / THE MIDWIFE
2015, Colour, Finland, Focus on World Cinema
Production Team
Director :
Antti J Jokinen
Screenwriter :
Katja Kettu, Antti J. Jokinen D’après le roman/Based on the novel: Kätilö de/by Katja Kettu
Cinematographer :
Rauno Ronkainen
Editor :
Benjamin Mercer
Cast :
Krista Kosonen, Lauri Tilkanen, Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Leea Klemola, Tommi Korpela
Music :
Pessi Levanto
Film production and Sales :
Prod.: Markus Selin, Jukka Helle, Solar Films, Veneentekijäntie 20, 00150 Helsinki (Finlande), [email protected]
Synopsis
Finland, 1944. The country is shaken by the Lapland War, a conflict between Germany and Finland in the the wake of WWII. Helena, a small community’s midwife, meets the Finnish-German Nazi officer Johannes Angelhurst. She is attracted to the mysterious stranger and follows him to the prisoner of war camp where he serves as a nurse. For Angelhurst, Helena is different from any other woman, and they develop a passionate relationship. Yet their love neither removes the traumatic war images that haunt the officer nor the gruesome secrets hiding behind the walls of the camp...
Director
Born in Nurmijärvi, Finland, Antti J. Jokinen graduated in TV and film from East Carolina University before making his directorial debut in Fist Full of Sand, a short that caught the attention of MTV and led him to work for the network. Back in Finland he founded Solar Films, since become Finland’s largest film and TV producer. Selected filmography: THE RESIDENT (2011), PURGE (2012).
Projections
Friday September 4, 2022 - 09:00 AM - CINÉMA QUARTIER LATIN 11
Saturday September 5, 2022 - 07:00 PM - CINÉMA QUARTIER LATIN 11
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