The Annunciation (2011)
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.
Director: Eija-Liisa Ahtila
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Satu Mäkinen as Virgin Mary |
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Elise Laaksonen as Archangel Gabriel |
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Taru Ollila as Saint |
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Elina Hurme as Servant |
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Anastasia Ilvonen as Servant |
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Kati Outinen as Director |
| Art | Sattva-Hanna Toiviainen | Production Design |
| Directing | Eija-Liisa Ahtila | Director |
| Writing | Eija-Liisa Ahtila | Writer |
| Production | Ilppo Pohjola | Producer |
| Sound | Peter Nordström | Sound Editor |
| Editing | Heikki Kotsalo | Editor |
