Haru: The Island of the Solitary
Original Title
Haru, yksinäisten saari- Director: Kanerva Cederström; Riikka Tanner
- Writer: Tove Jansson
- Producer: Hanna Hemilä
CGiii Comment
A lyrical, profound and sometimes hilarious documentary culled from silent Super 8 material. The Nordic tradition of spending the summer in harmony with nature is revealed when the world famous author Tove Jansson and her friend the graphic artist Tuulikki Pietilä go fishing, chop wood, sweep the chimney and plant a lawn on their idyllic island.
Tove Jansson and Tuulikki Pietilä spent twenty-five summers on the island of Klovharu in the Gulf of Finland. This documentary is based on 20 hours of Super 8 footage shot by Tuulikki Pietilä between 1970 and 1991. The candid and often revealing commentary is written by Tove Jansson.
”Sometimes it was as if one had fallen hopelessly in love: everything seems out of proportion. I felt, for example, that this extremely spoilt and mistreated island was a living creature. It disliked us or pitied us, depending on how we behaved or on the island¹s own mood.”Tove Jansson: Haru – An Island (WSOY 1996)
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Cast & Characters
Birgitta Ulfsson as Narrator;
Tove Jansson as Herself;
Tuulikki Pietila as Herself