The Annunciation

The Annunciation

36 mins | Documentary | Nov. 6, 2011

This charming and casually reverent work is an authorized single-screen version of an installation by celebrated video artist Ahtila. Amid stunning snow-draped forests, a women’s theatrical group rehearses a stage version of the Annunciation (the director is played by Aki Kaurismäki’s signature actress Kati Outinen), in the process discovering the parallel worlds of humans and animals, and the proximity of the ordinary to the miraculous.

The Annunciation

36 mins | Documentary | Nov. 6, 2011

The Annunciation
This charming and casually reverent work is an authorized single-screen version of an installation by celebrated video artist Ahtila. Amid stunning snow-draped forests, a women’s theatrical group rehearses a stage version of the Annunciation (the director is played by Aki Kaurismäki’s signature actress Kati Outinen), in the process discovering the parallel worlds of humans and animals, and the proximity of the ordinary to the miraculous.
Producers Kristallisilmä Oy
Original title Marian Ilmestys
Directors Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Writers Eija-Liisa Ahtila

Cast

Satu Mäkinen

as Virgin Mary

Elise Laaksonen

as Archangel Gabriel

Taru Ollila

as Saint

Elina Hurme

as Servant

Anastasia Ilvonen

as Servant

Kati Outinen

as Director