An elderly Skolt Sámi woman confronts traumatic memories of cultural assimilation while visiting her inherited home, ultimately reclaiming her true identity.
Iida, an elderly Sámi woman, who has abandoned her roots under the pressure of forced Finnishization, is conflicted between selling her old homestead and hiding her cultural heritage from her niece, as the rural way of life she has suppressed begins to creep back in.
Katja Gauriloff
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