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.
Released: Nov 06, 2011
Runtime: 36 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Satu Mäkinen, Elise Laaksonen, Taru Ollila, Elina Hurme, Anastasia Ilvonen, Kati Outinen
Crew: Heikki Kotsalo (Editor), Eija-Liisa Ahtila (Director), Eija-Liisa Ahtila (Writer), Ilppo Pohjola (Producer), Sattva-Hanna Toiviainen (Production Design), Peter Nordström (Sound Editor)