Je'vida (2023)

6.8/10 • 99 min • Drama

Overview

Iida, an elderly Sámi woman, who has abandoned her roots under the pressure of forced Finnishization, is conflicted between selling her old homestead and hiding her cultural heritage from her niece, as the rural way of life she has suppressed begins to creep back in.

Cast

Agafia Niemenmaa

Je'vida as a child

Heidi Juliana Gauriloff

Je'vida as an adult

Sanna-Kaisa Palo

Iida

Seidi Haarla

Sanna

Emmi Parviainen

Dormitory Manager

Jarkko Lahti

Teacher

Johannes Holopainen

Lauri

Sara Sulander

Niina

Recommendations

Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
Farming
Pork Chop Hill
The Devil's Double
Polar
Trafficked
Requiem for a Dream
The Stoning of Soraya M.
The Boys from Brazil
Sometimes in April
Mexicali
Above the Law
Citizen X
Romper Stomper
Jawbone
Escape from Sobibor
Ted K
Walking with the Enemy
Apocalypto
Casualties of War