Je'vida (2023)

  • NR
  • 06/09/2023 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 39m

Overview

Iida, an elderly Sámi woman, who has abandoned her roots under the pressure of forced Finnishization, is conflicted between selling her old homestead and hiding her cultural heritage from her niece, as the rural way of life she has suppressed begins to creep back in.

Niillas Holmberg

Writer

Katja Gauriloff

Director, Writer

Cast

Agafia Niemenmaa's headshot

Agafia Niemenmaa

Je'vida as a child
Heidi Juliana Gauriloff's headshot

Heidi Juliana Gauriloff

Je'vida as an adult
Sanna-Kaisa Palo's headshot

Sanna-Kaisa Palo

Iida
Seidi Haarla's headshot

Seidi Haarla

Sanna
Erkki Gauriloff's headshot

Erkki Gauriloff

Ukki
Matleena Fofonoff's headshot

Matleena Fofonoff

Grandmother
Heini Wesslin's headshot

Heini Wesslin

Äiti
Sophia Kiprianoff's headshot

Sophia Kiprianoff

Anni

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