The film focuses on the life of Tove Jansson, who depicts her personal relationships and the creation of the popular Moomin books.
Director:
Screenwriter Zaida Bergroth:
Eeva Putro (screenplay), Eeva Putro (story) Helsinki, 1945. The end of the war brought a new sense of artistic and social freedom to the painter Tove Jansson. Modern art, twisting festivals and open relationships with married politicians: his unconventional life breaks him with the strict ambitions of a sculptor father. Tove’s desire for freedom was tested when she met director Vivica Bandler. Her love for Vivica is electric and consumes everything, but Tove begins to realize that the love she really wants must be reciprocated. As she struggles with her personal life, her creative efforts lead her in unexpected directions. Focusing her artistic dreams on her paintings, the work that began as a side project, a melancholy and haunted story she told to frightened children in a bomb shelter, quickly went through her own life. Moomins’ exploitation, inspired by his own life, brought Tove international fame and financial freedom. There are everyday comics, dramas and stories