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of the EU MEDIA Programme with the support of the Italian Government
 Since
1992 MEDIA Salles has been promoting the European cinema and its circulation
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EURO
KIDS - SCREENINGS 2002/2003
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| Elina: as if I wasn't here | |
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Original Title |
Elina - Som om jag inte fanns |
| Director | Klaus Härö |
| Genre | Drama / Family |
| Country of origin | Sweden / Finland |
| Language spoken | Swedish / Finnish |
| Year of production | 2002 |
| Admissions | 51.158 (in Sweden, as at March 2003) |
| Box Office | SEK 990.913 (in Sweden, as at March 2003) |
| Production |
FILMLANCE INTERNATIONAL AB KINOPRODUCTION OY |
| Domestic distribution |
FINNKINO OY Phone: +358 9131191 |
| Domestic release | 7 March 2003 (Finland) |
| Sales agent | NORDISK FILM INTERNATIONAL SALES Halmtorvet 29, DK-1700 Copenhagen Phone +45 33266880 Fax +45 33266889 E-mail: contact@nordiskfilm.com Website: www.nordiskfilm.com |
| Awards |
Berlin International Film Festival 2003 (Special Mention Best Feature Film - Glass Bear Best Feature Film) This film is one of the Giffoni Film Festival selection for the participants at "Focus on Europe - Kidflix Special". |
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SYNOPSIS In the 1950's nine-year-old Elina lives with her younger siblings and her mother in Tornedalen in the north of Sweden, near the Finnish border. The family belongs to the Finnish-speaking minority. Elinas father has died of tuberculosis and she misses him badly. Elina also contracted tuberculosis, but recovered. However, since she missed so much schooling as a result, she has been put in a new class with a different teacher, the strict Tora Holm. Tora Holm sees it as her mission to protect her pitiable charges from the pitfalls of life, believing that only those who speak perfect Swedish have any chance of a happy and successful life. Small wonder that Elina and Tora Holm are soon at loggerheads. Especially when Elina exercises the sense of justice she learned from her father and stands up for one of her schoolmates. Allthough nobody is willing to take her side, little Elina proves far stronger than teacher Tora Holm reckoned. The conflict comes to a head when Elina flees to the dangerous moor.
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