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Fiction | 2008 |
35mm / Digibeta | 16:9 |
Dolby stereo | 10’
Director:
Mikaela Westerlund
Script:
Mikaela Westerlund, Mimmo Hildén
Cinematography: Mimmo Hildén
Editing: Juho Karhunen
Set design: Okku Rahikainen
Costumes: Susse Roos
Cast: Sonja Ahlfors,
Mikael Strömberg
Producers:
Leila Lyytikäinen, Claes Olsson
Production company:
Kinoproduction Oy
Production support:
The Finnish Film Foundation, AVEK,
The Swedish Cultural Foundation
in Finland
Financing TV company: YLE FST5
The Least One Can Hope for
[ D e t m i n s t a m a n k a n b e g ä r a ]
No one sells goods anymore – today they’re selling dreams.
Amanda, who is old enough to get married, wants a home – the complete package. She buys
herself what she thinks is her dream home, but it soon becomes obvious that the most important
thing of all is missing: A Man. Amanda refuses to accept that she is not getting the whole package.
She tries to find the man she is missing, but along the way she realizes she is not the only
one left without a partner. With her drive and her conviction to find a man, Amanda makes the
whole neighborhood come to life. In the end, Amanda gets her dream fulfilled, but in an unexpected
way.
This is the first Finnish film that looks at loneliness from a different perspective – no depression,
no alcohol and no suicide!
Mikaela Westerlund
Mikaela Westerlund (born 1977 in Helsinki) has
studied directing at the Arcada University of Applied
Science and ESCAC, Escola Superior de Cinema i
Audiovisuals de Catalunya, during the years 1998–2004.
During her studies, Mikaela Westerlund has
directed two short fictional films, The Same Old Story
(Samma gamla visa, 2002) and en-Marie (2001).
They have been screened at several film festivals
and won awards.
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