My Dear Mother (2019)
My Dear Mother is about the 15-year-old girl Dasha who lives in an orphanage in a small town in Russia. We follow her for five years, in all the thoughts she has about growing up in orphanages. She wonders why her mother left her. Until her grandmother died, she lived with her grandparents, who were Russian Sami. Dasha's father is in jail and her mother was a drug addict. Dasha would like to have contact with her roots and she wants to keep her Sami identity.
Director: Paul-Anders Simma
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Dasha Matrekhina as Herself |
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Alyonna Sovkina as Herself |
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Irina Matveeva as Herself |
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Natescha Panova as Herself |
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Larissa Yulina as Herself |
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Igor Posatckii as Himself |
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Aleksander Agafonov as Himself |
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Natalya Agafonova as Herself |
| Sound | Uku Toomet | Sound |
| Sound | Heikki Kossi | Foley |
| Camera | Elen Lotman | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Paul-Anders Simma | Director |
| Production | Paul-Anders Simma | Producer |
| Camera | Arvo Vilu | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Matti Bye | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Paul-Anders Simma | Writer |
| Editing | Jari Innanen | Editor |
| Sound | Martti Turunen | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Mart Kessel-Otsa | Sound |
| Production | Margus Õunapuu | Producer |