Overview - Elina: As If I Wasn't There

Date of release

Genres

  • Drama
  • Family

Runtime: 77 minutes

Homepage: Elina: As If I Wasn't There

Budget

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Revenue

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Spoken Languages

  • suomi
  • svenska

Production companies

  • Name: Filmpool Nord

    Production country Sweden

  • Name: Svenska Filminstitutet

    Production country Sweden

  • Name: Filmlance International

    Production country Sweden

  • Name: Kinoproduction

    Production country Finland

Overview

In rural Sweden of the early 1950s, little Elina goes to school again after recovering from tuberculosis, the same illness that has killed her father a few years earlier. Elina's family belongs to Finnish-speaking Finns frowned upon by a staunch schoolmistress who starts hounding Elina for questioning her authority. Elina's mother, sister, and a liberal young male teacher all try to mediate the ensuing battle of wills between Elina and Miss Holm. Elina finds consolation in wandering out on the dangerous marshlands to have imaginary conversations with her dead father. Written by Markku Kuoppamäki

Cast

  • Name: Natalie Minnevik

    Character: Elina

    Popularity: 0.3442

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  • Name: Bibi Andersson

    Character: Tora Holm

    Popularity: 0.7683

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  • Name: Marjaana Maijala

    Character: Marta

    Popularity: 0.321

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  • Name: Henrik Rafaelsen

    Character: Einar Björk

    Popularity: 1.1857

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  • Name: Tind Soneby

    Character: Irma

    Popularity: 0.3075

  • Name: Björn Granath

    Character: The Doctor

    Popularity: 0.4403

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  • Name: Jarl Lindblad

    Character: Veikko Niemi

    Popularity: 0.1587

  • Name: Sara Arnia

    Character: Sara

    Popularity: 0.1433