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With a face hardened by years of hurt, chain-smoking Lida carries the weight of a life defined by the shame and marginalization directed at her as a Sámi woman in contemporary Finland. Though strangers, she sets out alongside niece Sanna to clear out their long-held family home in preparation for its sale. Lida’s instinct to burn anything and everything connected to her past is quickly overcome by memories of a warm childhood spent fishing with a loving grandfather; of railing against the boarding school that tried to beat the Sámi identity out of her; and of being a young woman whose only option was a marriage that could take her far away from her Native roots. Lida finds herself facing a powerful reckoning with her past and a quiet reclaiming of her true self: Je’vida.
Original Release
10/20/2023
Cast
Name | Character |
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Agafia Niemenmaa | Je'vida as a child / Je'vida lapsena |
Heidi Gauriloff | Je'vida aikuisena |
Sanna-Kaisa Palo | Iida |
Seidi Haarla | Sanna |
Erkki Gauriloff | Ukki |
Matleena Fofonoff | Grandmother / Mummo |
Heini Wesslin | Äiti |
Sophia Kiprianoff | Anni |
Emmi Parviainen | Dormitory Manager / Asuntolanhoitaja |
Jarkko Lahti | Teacher / Opettaja |
Directors
Writers
Katja Gauriloff, Niillas Holmberg
Cast
Name | Character |
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Agafia Niemenmaa | Je'vida as a child / Je'vida lapsena |
Heidi Gauriloff | Je'vida aikuisena |
Sanna-Kaisa Palo | Iida |
Seidi Haarla | Sanna |
Erkki Gauriloff | Ukki |
Matleena Fofonoff | Grandmother / Mummo |
Heini Wesslin | Äiti |
Sophia Kiprianoff | Anni |
Emmi Parviainen | Dormitory Manager / Asuntolanhoitaja |
Jarkko Lahti | Teacher / Opettaja |
Johannes Holopainen | Lauri |
Sara Sulander | Niina |
Timo Vuento | Etnografi / Ethnographer |
Jouni Ante Angeli | Illeppi |
Maarit Kiprianoff | Fetsi |
Timo Metsäjoki | Radiokuuluttaja |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Joonas Berghäll | Producer |
Satu Majava | Producer |
Anna Nuru | Producer |