WRESTLING WITH THE BEE

(orig. Ampiaispaini)

15'45´´, 35 mm

By Meritta Koivisto

 "Wrestling with the bee" tells about freedom`s illusion. It tells the story of an everyday woman whose strange desire to sing Maria Callas' aria is repressed by her surroundings until the opportunity shows up in an unlikely figure...

Mari: Kati Outinen

Jore: Juha Veijonen

Petteri Pajunen: Esa-Matti Pölhö

Script & direction: Meritta Koivisto

Photography: Pertti Mutanen

Setting, costumes & properties: Milja Salovaara

Editing: Anne Lakanen

Sound design: Paul Jyrälä

Production sound: Jokke Heikkilä, Matti Kuortti

Music: Giuseppe Verdi : "Aida" performed by Maria Callas

Theme music: Antti Hytti

Producer: Outi Rousu / KROMA Productions Ltd 1999

Distributor: Kroma Productions Ltd.

PREMIERE

18th February 2001 / YLE TV2 Finnish Broadcasting Company

AWARDS

1st prize, Winterthur International Short Film Festival, Switzerland, '00

1st prize, Blue Sea Film Festival - Baltic Herring Competition, Rauma, Finland, '00