On the Border

A daughter's exploration of her Finnish family's history prompted by the letters, objects, and photographs left in her mother's apartment. Fragmented memories, dreams, and diary entries are juxtaposed with the director's journey to significant places and people in that history from during and after the Russo-Finnish wars, 1939 - 1944. In this hypnotic work of mourning and remembrance, past and present, associations, memory and imagining intertwine, as the film charts the lingering traces of conflict and exile across generations. (Verleiher-Text)