The Annunciation

The read

It runs a compact 36m.

Synopsis

This charming and casually reverent work is an authorized single-screen version of an installation by celebrated video artist Ahtila. Amid stunning snow-draped forests, a women’s theatrical group rehearses a stage version of the Annunciation (the director is played by Aki Kaurismäki’s signature actress Kati Outinen), in the process discovering the parallel worlds of humans and animals, and the proximity of the ordinary to the miraculous.

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Key crew

• Eija-Liisa AhtilaDirector
• Eija-Liisa AhtilaWriter

Cast

• Satu MäkinenVirgin Mary
• Elise LaaksonenArchangel Gabriel
• Taru OllilaSaint
• Elina HurmeServant
• Anastasia IlvonenServant
• Kati OutinenDirector

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