A Bride of the Seventh Heaven
Film
A Bride of the Seventh Heaven
Finland- Age rating
- S
- Director
- Anastasia Lapsui
- Year
- 2004
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.
Top cast
Directed by
Anastasia Lapsui, Markku Lehmuskallio
Written by
Anastasia Lapsui
Produced by
Kristiina Pervilä
