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.
Tsamo
Tsamo
In the 1860’s Alaska and Finland are simultaneously parts of the Russian Empire. A Finnish mining engineer Simon buys a 10-year old Alaskan native American girl and decides to bring her to Finland.
The girl, Tsamo, is baptized and Simon starts to teach her European manners. The girl thinks she’s married to Simon and acts accordingly. Simon marries a lady of his own age and class and Tsamo gets confused. Simon is forced to send the girl away and the battle over Tsamo’s identity takes complicated turns.
INFO
Movie title
Tsamo
Original title
Tsamo
Production year
2015
Genre
Drama
Length
92 min
Languages
Swedish, Finnish, Russian
Director
Anastasia Lapsui, Markku Lehmuskallio
Screenplay
Anastasia Lapsui, Markku Lehmuskallio
Cast
Tsamo
Albina Tologovona
Simon
Willhelm Grotenfelt
Kuhkan
Thomas Yellowhair
Nashahan
Yovan Nagwetch
Alisa
Alma Pöysti
Miss Fredriksson
Ylva Ekblad
Crew
Cinematography
Johannes Lehmuskallio
Editing
Markku Lehmuskallio
Sound Design
Martti Turunen
Production Design
Sanna-Mari Pirkola
Costume Design
Mila Moisio, Kaisa Rissanen
Producers
Kaarle Aho, Kai Nordberg
Festivals
Festival International du Film de la Rochelle, France 2015
Yakutsk International Film Festival, Russia 2015
Festival International de Films de Femmes de Créteil, France 2016
