My Dear Mother

Movie"She was nine years old when she discovered that she was not an orphan"
My Dear Mother
NR 1 hr 23 minDocumentary
My Dear Mother is about the 15yearold 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 Dashas 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
DirectorPaul-Anders Simma
WriterPaul-Anders Simma

Movie Details

Original Language:Northern Sami
Production Companies:Saamifilmi Oy