Special programme “Real Life”

The Sami

1 hr. 22 min. | Documentary | N/A

Sami live in four different countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. They do not have their own state. The Sami are the last primitive people in Europe, they speak nine different languages. They always lived from the earth and nature provided them with everything.

But yesterday is not today. People left their homes and went to town to look for work. This film looks at the identity of the Sami. Have changes in lifestyle and environment changed the attitude of the Sami? The heroes of this film try to figure out who they are.

Anastasia Lapsui

Anastasia Lapsui

Anastasia Lapsui was born in 1944 on the Russian-owned Yamal Peninsula. 1966-1997 she worked as a radio and press journalist. He wrote his first screenplay in the 1990s. She has been making films with her husband Markku Lehmuskallis since 1993.
Markku Lehmuskallio

Markku Lehmuskallio

Markku Lehmuskallio was born in 1938. From 1963 to 1969 he worked as an eugula. His life changed radically after the fire destroyed everything he had. Since then, Lehmuskallis has been making films about industry and nature for Finnish television with a 16mm camera.
Languages
Finnish
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Original title
Saamelainen
Produced
2006: Finland

Film information

Director
Anastasia Lapsui, Markku Lehmuskallio
Music
Raymond Enoksen, Geirmund Simonsen
Cinematography
Johannes Lehmuskallio
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