Palna's Daughters (2007)
Overview
A film about memory, identity and the overwhelming power of love. One-year-old Devi was found starving at a railway station in Delhi. The police took her to Palna, an orphanage, where she lived for a year. When Devi learned to talk she often wanted to talk about Amma, her first mother. In the film, the 6-year-old Devi journeys to her own past, as her family adopts another daughter from Palna, a baby sister for Devi.
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| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | fi |
| Popularity | 0.212 |
Directed By
Kiti Luostarinen
Crew
Pekka Uotila
Kiti Luostarinen
Magi Viljanen
Kiti Luostarinen
Milla Moilanen
Janne Laine
Janne Laine
Tuula Mehtonen
Toni Edelmann
Ilari Edelmann
Kiti Luostarinen
Kiti Luostarinen
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