Palna's Daughters

1h 9m
Documentary
6

A film about memory, identity and the overwhelming power of love. One-year-old Devi was found starving at a railway station in Delhi. The police took her to Palna, an orphanage, where she lived for a year. When Devi learned to talk she often wanted to talk about Amma, her first mother. In the film, the 6-year-old Devi journeys to her own past, as her family adopts another daughter from Palna, a baby sister for Devi.

Cast

Crew

Kiti Luostarinen
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
Tuula Mehtonen
Editor
Magi Viljanen
Director of Photography
Pekka Uotila
Director of Photography
Milla Moilanen
Animation
Janne Laine
Sound Designer, Production Sound Mixer
Ilari Edelmann
Original Music Composer
Toni Edelmann
Original Music Composer

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