Overseas and Under Your Skin (2009)
Ida, adopted from Africa to Finland as a child, is now an unemployed seamstress approaching her 30s who still lives with her activist mother Kati. Kati wants to fix her daughter's life and offers her a job at her work. Encouraged by her new friend Ville, Ida, however, sets out for Berlin to find a job and to prove to her mother that she can manage on her own. Meanwhile, Kati has been told that she is seriously ill, but she does not want to mention it to Ida in fear of standing in the way of her daughter's struggle for independence. Ida wants to have her own life, but what will she have left at the end of the day?
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Earliest Release DateJanuary 23, 2009
(Finland)
Running Time1 hr 26 min
GenresComedy
Drama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Lenka Hellstedt | Director |
| Riikka Ala-Harja | Writer |
| Lenka Hellstedt | Writer |
| Mika Ritalahti | Producer |
| Niko Ritalahti | Producer |
| Anna-Mari Kähärä | Composer |
| Mark Stubbs | Cinematographer |
| Kimmo Taavila | Editor |
| Cast | Role |
|---|---|
| Amira Khalifa | |
| Marja Packalén | |
| Matti Ristinen | |
| Leena Uotila |
