
Knock, Knock
Leila is a recently divorced woman, who’s husband’s gone and their apartment’s been sold. She looks around the empty rooms and finds it difficult to understand that this is her life.
Marja’s, 25, life’s center is her 7 year old daughter Julia. The harmony of the family breaks up when Kamaran, an Iranian immigrant understands that he´s Julia´s father.
Marja works at nights so that she can spend her days with Julia; fooling around with her and telling her a fairy tale about the Princess of Egypt and her mother.
Kamaran had a short fling with Marja years ago but Marja never told him that she got pregnant. Kamaran wants to connect with his daughter and starts to pressure Marja with his brother and wife.
Marja gets scared that Kamaran plans to take Julia away from her. To protect her daughter she’s prepared for extreme acts.
The Princess of Egypt
Silmäterä
2013
Drama
90 min
Finnish
Jan Forsström
Jan Forsström
Emmi Parviainen
Luna Leinonen Botero
Mazdak Nassir
Ylva Ekblad
Terhi Suorlahti
Bahram Peivastegan
Päivi Kettunen
Jan Forsström
Vilja Katramo, Okku Rahikainen
Kirsi Gum
Elisa Uimonen
Micke Nyström
LauNau
Kaarle Aho, Kai Nordberg
BEST FILM PRIZE
32ND BERGAMO FILM MEETING ITALY 2014
Espoo Cine International Film Festival, Finland 2013
International Film Festival Molodist, Ukraine 2013
IN COMPETITION, 62nd International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, European Film Forum Scanorama, Lithuania 2013
Film Festival Bratislava, Slovakia 2013
The Prague International Film Festival FEBIOFEST, Czech Republic 2014
Ny finsk film / New Finnish Film tour in Sweden 2014
Festroia, Portugal 2014
12d edition of Brussels Film Festival, Belgium 2014
Festival Internacional de Cine de Valencia, Spain 2014
Sopot Film Festival, Poland 2014
Le Vie del Cinema, Milan, Italy 2014
New Nordic Cinema, Scandinavia House, New York, USA 2015
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