The Annunciation

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Satu Mäkinen Virgin Mary

Elise Laaksonen Archangel Gabriel

Taru Ollila Saint

Elina Hurme Servant

Anastasia Ilvonen Servant