Marina Motaleff

Ce film évoque l'évacuation de 80 000 enfants finlandais vers d'autres pays nordiques en 1939-1940 (et notamment la Suède, pays neutre qui en accueillit 70 000 entre 1939 et 1945), à travers les souffrances d'Eero, un enfant de neuf ans pris dans la tourmente de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

Just when Julia is going to finish her horse drawing, her mother goes to the shop and leaves Julia to watch over her little brother Jonni. Then Julia dreams that when she grows up, she will have her very own circus horse, Josafat.

Maria is an actress, someone who is used to playing with and acting on feelings, her own as well as others’. However, behind the role there is a disappointed person who does not feel she has achieved what she wanted in life. All this changes when she is cast for the leading role in a play.