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The Annunciation

The Annunciation

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Documentary

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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.

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Finnish

Runtime

36 mins

Rating

6/10

Release Date

06 November 2011

Country

Finland

Cast

Satu Mäkinen

Satu Mäkinen

Virgin Mary

Elise Laaksonen

Elise Laaksonen

Archangel Gabriel

Taru Ollila

Taru Ollila

Saint

Elina Hurme

Elina Hurme

Servant

Anastasia Ilvonen

Anastasia Ilvonen

Servant

Kati Outinen

Kati Outinen

Director

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