Mother of Mine (2005)
Äideistä parhain
111 min
1943: Nine-year-old Eero whose father is killed during the war is brought to Sweden to foster parents to his protection like thousands of other Finnish children. Eero feels lost, particularly as his foster mother Signe behaves very unfriendly. She was expecting a little girl and still mourns for her daughter who drowned in the sea.
- Release date
- September 30, 2005
- Country of origin
- Finland, Sweden
- Music
- Tuomas Kantelinen
- Budget
- $3,131,855
- Box office
- $2,851,888
Where to watch
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Soundtrack
- Train Tripinstrumental2:09
- Mother's Themeinstrumental0:59
- Running Awayinstrumental3:02
- Leaving Swedeninstrumental3:15
- Life Is Beautifulinstrumental0:51
- Forgivenessinstrumental2:04
- Farewellinstrumental0:47
- Two Mothersinstrumental1:40
- Remembering Homeinstrumental1:26
- Goodnight Soninstrumental0:44
- Aloneinstrumental1:51
- Night Timeinstrumental0:52
Cast
- Topi Majaniemi as Eero Lahti
- Marjaana Maijala as Kirsti Lahti - Eeron äiti
- Maria Lundqvist as Signe Jönsson - äiti Ruotsissa
- Michael Nyqvist as Hjalmar Jönsson - isä Ruotsissa
- Esko Salminen as Eero Lahti - nykyaika
- Aino-Maija Tikkanen as Kirsti Lahti - nykyaika
- Leif Andrée as Gunnar
- Marie Göranzon as Rouva Grevnäs
- Gustav Wiklund as Pappi
- Kari-Pekka Toivonen as Lauri - Eeron isä
- Brasse Brännström as Isoisä Ruotsissa
- Ia Langhammer as Anna
- Åsa Persson as Opettajatar
- Timo Tuominen as Saksalainen upseeri
- Jukka Puotila as Radioääni Carl-Erik Creutz (voice)
- Rosa Salomaa as Sotalapsi
- Penny Elvira Loftéen as Siv - naapurintyttö
Crew
- Klaus Härö · Director
- Veikko Aaltonen · Writer
- Heikki Hietamies · Writer
- Jimmy Karlsson · Writer
- Antti Tuuri · Writer
- Ilkka Matila · Producer
- Tuomas Kantelinen · Composer
- Jarkko T. Laine · Cinematographer
- Darek Hodor · Editor
- Cian Bornebusch · Production designer