Mother of Mine (Äideistä parhain)

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. The situation changes when Eero's mother tells with a letter that she wants to go with her lover to Germany and Eero should remain with his foster mother. Thus Eero becomes Signe's son. Now she cares lovingly for him. Eero makes friends with the little girl Siv and enjoys childhood for a while. However, after the end of the war the boy has to go back to Finland against his will where his mother waits for him.

Cast:
Topi Majaniemi (Eero Lahti)
Marjaana Maijala (Kirsti Lahti)
Maria Lundqvist (Signe Jönsson)
Michael Nyqvist (Hjalmar Jönsson)

Director: Klaus Härö
Writer: Veikko Aaltonen, Heikki Hietamies
Runtime: 111 min
Genre: Drama, War
Language: Finnish, Swedish
Subtitles: English
Production Year: 2005

The screening is part of the Nordic Cinema Festival