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Letters to Father Jacob is a film of genre Drama directed by Klaus Härö released in USA on 11 october 2010 with Heikki Nousiainen

Letters to Father Jacob (2009)

Letters to Father Jacob
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Released in USA 11 october 2010
Length 1h16
Directed by
Genres Drama
Rating72% 3.6452153.6452153.6452153.6452153.645215

Letters to Father Jacob (Finnish: Postia pappi Jaakobille) is a 2009 Finnish drama film written and directed by Klaus Härö. Set in the early 1970s and based on a story by Jaana Makkonen, the film tells the story of Leila, a pardoned convict, who becomes an assistant to a blind priest, Jacob. The film depicts her transformation from a sceptic who grudgingly reads letters aloud to her benefactor into a caring savior of the pastor from his despair after the letters stop coming.

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Condamnée à perpétuité pour meurtre, Leila est mystérieusement libérée après seulement douze ans. Envoyée auprès d'un vieux prêtre aveugle et isolé pour être sa nouvelle assistante, elle devra répondre à l'abondant courrier qu'il reçoit chaque jour. Indifférente à tout cela, Leila va tenter de profiter de la cécité de son hôte.

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Heikki Nousiainen

(Pappi Jaakob)
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