A Bride of the Seventh Heaven

A Bride of the Seventh Heaven 2004 Directed by Anastasia Lapsui , Markku Lehmuskallio Jumalan morsian

An elderly Nenets woman in teepee on northern Russia's Yamal Peninsula recounts her early life betrothed to a deity for the entertainment of a blind young girl. In the Nenets culture, a girl child can be married to holiest of holies, Num, before or after her birth. Lonely old Numd' Syarda (which means, literally, 'tied to Num') entertains the blind young Ilne ('giver of life') with stories of how she became one of these chosen few.

Country Finland

Production Country Finland

Language Finnish

Gnere Drama

Production Company Millennium Film

Release Date 5 March 2004

82 mins