1943: Nine-year-old Eero whose father is killed during the war is brought to Sweden to foster parents to his protection like thousands of other Finnish children. Eero feels lost, particularly as his foster mother Signe behaves very unfriendly. She was expecting a little girl and still mourns for her daughter who drowned in the sea.
Sirpa reviewed Mother of Mine (2005)
Touching
I don't know a single mother who didn't cry in this film. This is a very touching story. It must the worst nightmare of every mother to have to send your child to another country and not knowing if you'll ever see them again. And imagine the horror the children feel to be sent to a new home where they don't know how well they'll be received, they might not even know the language and they don't know if they'll ever see their homes again. Yet that was the reality for a lot of mothers and their children in the II world war Finland.
This story goes to the very heart of motherhood and raises a lot of questions and thoughts on the subject of what makes a good mother. If you haven't seen this one yet, please, please watch it and you won't regret it.
OR
Enter your username and email (the password will be emailed to you):
