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Section: Days of Swedish Cinema
Elina (2002)
Young Elina lives in an agricultural part of northern Sweden in the early 1950s. She returns to school after recovering from tuberculosis, which had killed her father some time ago. Elinina's family is part of the Finnish minority and her teacher is trying to force her not to speak her native language at school. Elina's mother, sister, and a young liberal teacher are trying get the media involved in this conflict, but young Elina runs away out into some dangerous bogs seeking solace in imaginary conversations with her dead father.
| Country | Sweden, Finland |
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| Year | 2002 |
| Duration | 77 min |
| Rating | 10 |
| Language | Swedish |
| Subtitle | Simultanneous translation into |
| Directed by | Klaus Härö |
| Screenplay | Kjell Sundstedt, Jimmy Karlsson |
| Director of Photography | Jarkko T. Laine |
| Music | Tuomas Kantelinen |
| Edited by | Riitta Poikselkä, Thomas Täng |
| Contact | The Swedish Film Institute |
Biography
A screenwriter and director from Finland, he studied directing and screenwriting at the University of Helsinki. He made his feature debut with the drama Elina (2002), with which he established himself. He was also awarded for the films Mother of Mine (Äideistä parhain, 2005), Letters to Father Jacob (Postia pappi Jaakobille, 2009) and The Fencer (Miekkailija, 2015).
Action + Adventure, Family, Childhood, Illness, Nature, School, Discrimination