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Letters to Father Jakob

Postia pappi Jaakobille (Letters to Father Jaakob)

2009

Klaus Härö

Kaarina Hazard, Heikki Nousiainen, Jukka Keinonen, Esko Roine

6.9

651

Drama With few options, newly pardoned convict Leila agrees to work as an assistant to a blind pastor. Father Jacob spends his days answering the letters of the needy, which Leila finds pointless. But when the letters stop, the pastor is devastated and Leila finds herself cast in a new role.

The film has been selected as Finland's official submission for the coming 2010 Academy Award Ceremony.

	Media	Author	Review
		Alissa Simon Variety	"A simple but transcendent story about faith and human frailty achieves a state of grace in "Letters to Father Jacob." (...) remarkable, exquisitely calibrated performances."

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