'' Mother of Mine '' ( Finnish : '' Äideistä parhain '' , Swedish : '' Den bästa av mödrar '' ) is a 2005 Finnish-Swedish film directed by Klaus Härö about a Finnish war child who is sent by his mother to live in Sweden during World War II . The film is based on a novel by Heikki Hietamies . It received good reviews from the Finnish press , and was selected as Finland 's submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards
78th Academy Awards
78th Academy Awards
Finnish war children