Mother's Wish
6.3
An astronaut sends her young son a video message from outer space. In Mexico, a stripper dances night after night to keep a roof over her child’s head. In Canada, a woman becomes a mother for the first time after enduring seven miscarriages. Finnish filmmaker Joonas Berghäll has travelled to South African settlements, Nepalese terraced fields and Russia’s metropolis Moscow to investigate an unshakable and almost magical connection: the bond between mother and child. MOTHER‘S WISH portrays 10 women from the most varied of cultural and social backgrounds who all tell of the beauty and difficulty of being a mother. These are not only stories of love and pride – but also of disappointed hopes and the most precarious of life circumstances. Above all else, however, the protagonists tell of their determination – regardless of their current living conditions – to fight for a better future.
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Joonas Berghäll Director
First release March 4, 2015 · Produced in Mexico, Finland, Denmark, Switzerland, Canada, Kenya, Sweden, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, United States, United Kingdom · Languages English, Finnish, French, Nepali, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Xhosa
Production
House of Real
Production
Mantaray Film
Production
Oktober
Production
Mexico · Finland · Denmark · Switzerland · Canada · Kenya · Sweden · Kazakhstan · Nepal · Portugal · Russia · South Africa · United States · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Äidin Toive
Original language
Finnish
Spoken on screen
English · Finnish · French · Nepali · Portuguese · Russian · Spanish · Xhosa
Release dates
Switzerland · March 4, 2015
Digital
Finland · March 4, 2015
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Poland
May 14, 2015 · Digital
Sweden
March 4, 2015 · Theatrical
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