
Overview
Little Wing tells the story of 12-year-old Varpu, who's quickly growing to adulthood, and about her mother, who doesn't want to grow up. Varpu lives with her mother and has never met her father. One night Varpu has enough of her riding buddies and her mother. She steals a car and drives up north in search of her father, of whom she only knows the name. But her father is not exactly what she had expected. Meeting him trigger something in Varpu and mother's life, making them realize their role in each other's lives, and in the world.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Nordic Council Film Prize (2017)
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Nominations
Nominated for the Jussi Award for Best Film (2017)
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Box office
Made on a $1M budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in Nurmijärvi, Helsinki and Oulu
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Setting
Set in Oulu and Helsinki
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Music
Music by Paula Vesala and Jori Sjöroos
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Tuomo Hutri
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Selma VilhunenWriter
- Original title
- Tyttö nimeltä Varpu
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 23, 2016
- Original language
- Finnish
- Budget
- $1M
- Countries
- Denmark, Finland
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