Mother of Mine
Sep 30 2005
•2h 51m
•Drama, War
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.
Cast
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Topi Majaniemi
Eero Lahti
Marjaana Maijala
Kirsti Lahti - Eeron äiti
Maria Lundqvist
Signe Jönsson - äiti Ruotsissa
Michael Nyqvist
Hjalmar Jönsson - isä Ruotsissa
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