Fire-Eater (Finnish: Tulennielijä) is a 1998 Finnish film directed and written by Pirjo Honkasalo. It tells a story of two orphaned sisters who end up working in a travelling circus. The film received several international awards, including the Grand Jury prize at the American Film Institute International Film Festival in 1998.
The twin sisters Helena and Irene are born in Helsinki during World War II. A few months later their mother, Sirkka, leaves the girls in the care of their grandmother, an old communist, and runs away with a German soldier. Their life under the protection of their grandmother and the teachings of communism ends first with the death of Stalin, then with that of their grandmother. The girls are eight years old when they are put in an orphanage. Their mother shows up at the orphanage in the company of Ramon, a Spanish trapeze artist. They are on a talent search for a German circus. Ramon trains the reluctant Irene during circus tours in Central Europe. She becomes the trapeze star of the circus. The hard work soon exhausts Irene and she falls from height, as if on purpose. Helena has secretly learned the art of fire-eating. Now she is burdened with both her mother and her sister. The violent life...
Director: Pirjo Honkasalo.
Cast: Elina Hurme, Tiina Weckström, Elena Leeve, Elsa Saisio, Vappu Jurkka, Sari Havukainen, Eeva-Maija Haukinen, Per Ragnar, Jani Volanen, Tõnu Kark, Kristo Salminen.
Finland, Sweden, 1998.
Language: Finnish, Russian.
Subtitles: English, Finnish, Swedish.
Download DVD Tulennielijä / Fire-Eater. 1998.
Download DVDRip Tulennielijä / Fire-Eater. 1998.
The twin sisters Helena and Irene are born in Helsinki during World War II. A few months later their mother, Sirkka, leaves the girls in the care of their grandmother, an old communist, and runs away with a German soldier. Their life under the protection of their grandmother and the teachings of communism ends first with the death of Stalin, then with that of their grandmother. The girls are eight years old when they are put in an orphanage. Their mother shows up at the orphanage in the company of Ramon, a Spanish trapeze artist. They are on a talent search for a German circus. Ramon trains the reluctant Irene during circus tours in Central Europe. She becomes the trapeze star of the circus. The hard work soon exhausts Irene and she falls from height, as if on purpose. Helena has secretly learned the art of fire-eating. Now she is burdened with both her mother and her sister. The violent life...
Director: Pirjo Honkasalo.
Cast: Elina Hurme, Tiina Weckström, Elena Leeve, Elsa Saisio, Vappu Jurkka, Sari Havukainen, Eeva-Maija Haukinen, Per Ragnar, Jani Volanen, Tõnu Kark, Kristo Salminen.
Finland, Sweden, 1998.
Language: Finnish, Russian.
Subtitles: English, Finnish, Swedish.
Download DVD Tulennielijä / Fire-Eater. 1998.
Download DVDRip Tulennielijä / Fire-Eater. 1998.
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