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PRODUCTION Estonie / Finlande

Le tournage de Maria's Paradise commence en Estonie

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- Ce nouveau film en costumes par la réalisatrice primée Zaida Bergroth, qui se situe en Finlande dans les années 1920, est une coproduction entre l’Estonie et la Finlande

Le tournage de Maria's Paradise commence en Estonie
L’actrice Pihla Viitala dans le rôle de Maria Åkerblom

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Filming for Maria’s Paradise [+lire aussi :
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interview : Zaida Bergroth
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 kicked off in July in Estonia – more specifically, in Viljandi County’s small borough of Olustvere and in the Old Town of Tallinn. Zaida Bergroth’s upcoming feature is a religious piece based on the real-life story of Maria Åkerblom’s controversial sect, whose members became notorious and were accused of several crimes in 1920s Finland. This is Bergroth’s fifth feature, following her most recent, the successful 2017 drama Miami [+lire aussi :
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, which garnered four nominations at the prestigious Jussi Awards last year. 

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The script, penned by Anna Viitala and Jan Forsström, revolves around the disappearance of a young girl and was inspired by the extensive historical research carried out by Viitala. The main cast includes actors such as Pihla Viitala (Tyhjiö) as Maria Åkerblom, Tommi Korpela (Wonderland [+lire aussi :
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) as Eino Vartiovaara, Saga Sarkola (95) as Malin, Elina Knihtilä (The Other Side of Hope [+lire aussi :
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Q&A : Aki Kaurismäki
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]
) as Saga and newcomer Satu Tuuli Karhu as Salome. Moreover, the technical crew includes director of photography Hena Blomberg (Miami), editor Samu Heikkilä (Miami) and production designer Jaagup Roomet (November [+lire aussi :
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bande-annonce
interview : Rea Lest
fiche film
]
).

Produced by Daniel KuitunenKaisla Viitala and Liisa Penttilä-Asikainen for Finnish outfits Elokuvayhtiö Komeetta and Kaiho Republic in co-operation with Evelin Penttilä for Stellar Film, the movie’s overall allocated budget amounts to €1,654,023. Maria’s Paradise has received financial support from the Finnish Film Foundation (€805,000), the Cultural Endowment of Estonia (€35,000) and the Estonian Film Institute (€100,000). Additional partners are Finnish public broadcaster YLE, the Finnish Church Media Foundation, the Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture (AVEK) and Film Estonia, which has approved a cash rebate of €219,995 thanks to the employment of local crew members and the use of other services on location.

Maria’s Paradise will wrap filming in autumn of this year and will be released in autumn 2019. Nordisk Film (Denmark) is currently in charge of its Nordic sales, while Level K (Denmark) is its international sales agent.

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