The Annunciation

The Annunciation — Plot

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.

• Release date
• November 6, 2011
• Runtime
• 36 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Eija-Liisa Ahtila

The Annunciation — Cast

S

Satu Mäkinen Virgin Mary

E

Elise Laaksonen Archangel Gabriel

T

Taru Ollila Saint

E

Elina Hurme Servant

A

Anastasia Ilvonen Servant Kati Outinen Director