Film synopsis
Filmed in the Lapland region of Finland, The Great Shawl of Aamu is a children’s film bringing together fairy tales and documentary, live footage and animation.
“Open wide your heart and ears” said Niilo to Aamu, as he left her on the river bank… This is excellent advice given to Aamu, a little girl on a quest to see the world. “What is the world made of?” wonders the little girl… “Are there monsters, witches, ogres and sorceresses?”
In fact, her path leads her to those living simply and in harmony with nature, all wizards in their own way. Under the benevolent gaze of her grandmother the little girl matures as she comes in contact with these characters, each one with their own delightful life lesson to offer.
A soothing film about the beauty of the world.
Documentary, 2020
42’
Canada
Family, 3+
Dubbed into Arabic from the English version
Director: Lucie Lambert
Producers: Lucie Lambert, Les films du tricycle
Lambert spent her childhood on Québec’s North Shore, in-between forest and sea. Following her studies in litterature, she developed a passion for a free-form genre of filmmaking. Her favourite themes, whether in Landscape in the Mind’s Eye, Before Daybreak, Gracile’s Father or in her most recent work, touch on the relationships between women, men and children and the territory they inhabit.