Documentary · Finland · 2011 · 36m

The Annunciation

Marian Ilmestys

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Director
Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Cast
Satu Mäkinen as Virgin Mary Elise Laaksonen as Archangel Gabriel Taru Ollila as Saint Elina Hurme as Servant Anastasia Ilvonen as Servant Kati Outinen as Director
Crew
Heikki Kotsalo — Editor Eija-Liisa Ahtila — Writer Ilppo Pohjola — Producer Sattva-Hanna Toiviainen — Production Design
Synopsis

This charming and casually reverent work is an authorized single-screen version of an installation by celebrated video artist Ahtila. Amid stunning snow-draped forests, a women’s theatrical group rehearses a stage version of the Annunciation (the director is played by Aki Kaurismäki’s signature actress Kati Outinen), in the process discovering the parallel worlds of humans and animals, and the proximity of the ordinary to the miraculous.

Mood & Themes
virgin mary
Key Collaborators
Eija-Liisa Ahtila Director Heikki Kotsalo Editor Eija-Liisa Ahtila Writer Ilppo Pohjola Producer Sattva-Hanna Toiviainen Production Design
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