Letters to Father Jacob
Letters to Father Jacob (Finnish: Postia pappi Jaakobille) is a 2009 Finnish drama film written and directed by Klaus Härö.[1] Set in the early 1970s and based on a story by Jaana Makkonen, the film tells the story of Leila, a pardoned convict, who becomes an assistant to a blind priest, Jacob. The film depicts her transformation from a sceptic who grudgingly reads letters aloud to her benefactor into a caring savior of the pastor from his despair after the letters stop coming.[2] In 2022, the film was chosen as the "most touching Finnish film of the 21st century" in the Helsingin Sanomat readers' vote.[3] LocationsExteriors were filmed at St. Olaf's Church in Sastamala, Finland (Pyhän Olavin kirkko). The interiors were filmed at Holy Cross Church in Hattula (Pyhän Ristin kirkko). AccoladesNordic Film Days, Lübeck, Germany, 4.–8.11.2009 58th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Germany, 5.–15.11.2009 33rd Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt, 10.–20.11.2009 Black Nights Film Festival, Tallinn, Estonia, 27.11.-6.12.2009 28th Fajr International Film Festival, Iran, 1.–11.2.2010 33rd Göteborg International Film Festival, Sweden, 29.1.–8.2.2010 Santa Barbara International Film Festival, USA, 4.–14.2.2010 Festival du Cinéma Nordique, Rouen, France, 10.–21.3.2010 Cape Winelands Film Festival, South Africa, 17.–27.3.2010 Hong Kong International Film Festival, 21.3.–11.4.2010 RiverRun International Film Festival, NC, USA, 15.–25.4.2010 Festroia, Portugal, 4.–13.6.2010 Festival de Cine de Huesca, Spain, 4.–12.6.2010 References
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