Hospital - Daughter's Mother

Winter 1975 - author Jeanette Aspen arrives at Lapinlahti Mental Hospital to meet her only child, psychiatrist Karin Aspen, 36 years after sending her daughter to Sweden as herself traveled to Southern Europe, at the start of the Winter War. The encounter triggers a drama between the mother and daughter, who are now total strangers to each other.

Cast

Ylva Ekblad

as Jeanette Aspen

Minna Haapkylä

as Karin Aspen

Tobias Zilliacus

as Johan Erd

Hannu-Pekka Björkman

as Narrator (voice)

Liisa Pöntinen

as Jeanette Aspen (young)

Ville Tanttu

as Rudolf

Selja Lehtonen

as Karin Aspen (child)

Alejandro Pedregal

as Ander

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