Tsamo backdrop

Tsamo 2015 Directed by Anastasia Lapsui , Markku Lehmuskallio

In the 1860’s Alaska and Finland are simultaneously parts of the Russian Empire. A Finnish mining engineer Simon buys a Tlingit girl named Tsamo and decides to bring her to Finland. The child, Tsamo, is baptized and Simon starts to teach her European manners. Tsamo thinks she’s married to Simon and acts accordingly, but when Simon marries a lady of his own age and class, she gets confused. Simon is forced to send the girl away and the battle over Tsamo’s identity takes complicated turns.

Country Finland
Production Country Finland
Language Finnish
Spoken Language Finnish
Gneres Drama , History
Production Company Making Movies
Budget $735,000
Release Date 17 April 2015
92 mins