Taivas tiellä is a 2000 Finnish by Johanna Vuoksenmaa

Johanna Vuoksenmaa

Johanna Vuoksenmaa is a Finnish television and film director.Vuoksenmaa is in a relationship with film and television scriptwriter Mika Ripatti.-Filmography:* Toinen jalka haudasta...

 who wrote the screenplay and directed. The film is also known as True Love Waits (International English title).

Plot summary

For the past years, 62-year-old Helmi has been taking care of her demanding mother. When her mother dies, she is suddenly able to do a lot of things she has not been able to do for a very long time and she is courted by the much younger leader of her church choir.

Cast

• Marja Packalén as Helmi
• Peter Franzén
  Peter Franzen
  Peter Franzen is a retired English journalist, who was the editor of the Norwich-based regional newspaper the Eastern Daily Press, a position he occupied from 1993 until his retirement in 2009...
  
   as Markku
• Kari Väänänen
  Kari Väänänen
  Kari Väänänen is a Finnish actor. Domestically he is a member of the Ryhmäteatteri group of actors. He was introduced to international audiences by Aki Kaurismäki; and belongs to the list of his"trusted" stable of actors....
  
   as Alma / Pappi
• Tuula Nyman as Alma (Ääni) (voice)
• Riitta Elstelä as Saimi
• Åke Lindman
  Åke Lindman
  Åke Leonard Lindman , born Åke Leonard Järvinen, was a Finnish director and actor.In his youth Lindman was a football player, playing defence for the Finnish national team during the Olympics in Helsinki 1952. He represented the football club HIFK in the Finnish league. In the 1960s, the British...
  
   as Niilo
• Pertti Sveholm as Puiston Pentti
• Jani Karvinen as Gallup-Poika
• Tauno Satomaa as Immanuel-Kanttori
• Ossi Lehtinen as Pihan Poika
• Maria Järvenhelmi as Katri
• Anni Koskinen as Katrin tytär (Katri's Daughter)
• Ossi Koskinen as Katrin Poika (Katri's Son)
• Merja Pietilä as Myyjä (Salesgirl)
• Heli Sirviö as Myyjä (Salesgirl)
• Helena Rängman as Minna
• Johannes Lahtela as Seksikaupan Myyjä (Salesman at Sex Shop)
• Eeva-Riitta Heikkinen as Morsian (Bride)
• Eero Järvinen as Sulhanen (Groom)
• Pirjo-Riitta Forström as Morsiamen äiti (Mother of the Bride)

Awards

The film won the Audience award at the 2000 Uppsala International Short Film Festival

Uppsala International Short Film Festival

Uppsala International Short Film Festival is an annual festival hosted in Uppsala, Sweden since 1982. As of 2002 the winner of the award "Uppsala Grand Prix" and the winner of the Uppsala Film Jackdaw for Best Children's Film are eligible for an Academy Award nomination...

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