Summary Ida, adopted from Africa to Finland as a child, is now an unemployed seamstress approaching her 30s who still lives 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 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 her own life, but what will she have left at the end of the day? View more details
Directed : Lenka Hellstedt
Written : Lenka Hellstedt Riikka Ala-Harja
Stars : Matti Ristinen Leena Uotila Marja Packalén Amira Khalifa
Genres : Comedy Drama
Release date : Jan 22, 2009
Countries of origin : Germany Finland
Language : Finnish
Filming locations : Berlin, Germany
Production companies : Yleisradio (YLE) Silva Mysterium Oy Flying Moon Filmproduktion
Summary Ida, adopted from Africa to Finland as a child, is now an unemployed seamstress approaching her 30s who still lives 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 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 her own life, but what will she have left at the end of the day? View more details
Genres : Comedy Drama
Release date : Jan 22, 2009
Countries of origin : Germany Finland
Language : Finnish
Filming locations : Berlin, Germany
Production companies : Yleisradio (YLE) Silva Mysterium Oy Flying Moon Filmproduktion
