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Fire-Eater

Overview

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, however, separates the three from each other. In the present-day Helsinki the middle-aged...

RATING

5.40

DIRECTOR

Pirjo Honkasalo

COUNTRIES

Sweden

Finland

RELEASE DATE

1998

TIME

1h 44m

GENRE

Drama

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Elina Hurme‌

Elina Hurme

Helena

Tiina Weckström‌

Tiina Weckström

Mother

Elena Leeve‌

Elena Leeve

Helena 14 Years

Elsa Saisio‌

Elsa Saisio

Irene 14 Years

Jani Volanen‌

Jani Volanen

Clown

Vappu Jurkka‌

Vappu Jurkka

Grandmother

Jordi Borrell‌

Jordi Borrell

Ramon

Unna Kitti‌

Unna Kitti

Girl

Sari Havukainen‌

Sari Havukainen

Helena 8 years

Inka Vogt‌

Inka Vogt

Irene 8 years

Per Ragnar‌

Per Ragnar

Circus Director

Sulevi Peltola‌

Sulevi Peltola

Arvo

Tõnu Kark‌

Tõnu Kark

Soviet Officer

Kristo Salminen‌

Kristo Salminen

Heinz

Eeva-Maija Haukinen‌

Eeva-Maija Haukinen

Godmother

Raija Paalanen‌

Raija Paalanen

Godmother

Rea Mauranen‌

Rea Mauranen

Orphanage Director

Vieno Saaristo‌

Vieno Saaristo

Saunottaja

Anna-Leena Mäki-Penttilä‌

Anna-Leena Mäki-Penttilä

Orphanage employee

Rauha Puntti‌

Rauha Puntti

Orphanage employee

Göran Schauman‌

Göran Schauman

Priest

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