Release Date: 2020-03-19
Runtime: 78
Languages: suomi | svenska
Rating: 5.3
Votes: 5
Genres: Documentary
Director: Lotta Petronella
Description: Själö means 'the island of souls', and no name could be more fitting for the island in the Baltic Sea, which for centuries was a last stop for women who were considered social outcasts – and who are t...Själö means 'the island of souls', and no name could be more fitting for the island in the Baltic Sea, which for centuries was a last stop for women who were considered social outcasts – and who are today forgotten. They were forcibly placed in a closed institution to be studied, measured and weighed – exactly in the way that nature itself was starting to be examined around the same time. Today, the place is a research centre. A young female scientist collects samples on the island, while the whispering voices of the past and never-sent letters echo in the empty hallways.Read More
Production Companies:
Made
Finnish Film Foundation
