The read
It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
Ida is a woman who was adopted to Finland from Africa as a child. Ida is an unemployed seamstress approaching her thirties and still lives at home with her activist mother Kati. Kati wants to fix her daughter's life and offers her a job at her work. Encouraged by her new friend Ville, Ida, however, sets out for Berlin in order to find a job and to prove to her mother that she can manage on her own. Meanwhile, Kati has been told that she is seriously ill, but she does not want to mention it to Ida in fear of standing in the way of her daughter's struggle for independence. Ida wants to have a life of her own, but what will she have left at the end of the day?
Ratings
IMDb5.2/10
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Lenka HellstedtDirector
- Lenka HellstedtScreenplay
- Anna-Mari KähäräOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Amira KhalifaIda
- Marja PackalénKati
- Leena UotilaPipsa
- Matti RistinenVille
- Jarkko NiemiJore
- Tomi SalmelaHaastattelija
- Alf HemmingHaastattelija
- Margit SuonperäSihteeri
- Elina VehkaojaSatu
- Sari ViitasaloKirjallisuuspiiriläinen
- Leena RapolaKirjallisuuspiiriläinen
- Liisa IsotaloKirjallisuuspiiriläinen
Stills
Themes
depressionberlin, germanybased on novel or bookparent child relationshipculture clashemigrationmulticulturalismracismracial prejudiceadopted child