Overseas and Under Your Skin
2009, Finnish. Directed by Lenka Hellstedt.
Ida is a woman who was adopted to Finland from Africa as a child. Ida is an unemployed seamstress approaching her thirties and still lives at home with her activist mother Kati. Kati wants to fix her daughter's life and offers her a job at her work. Encouraged by her new friend Ville, Ida, however, sets out for Berlin in order to find a job and to prove to her mother that she can manage on her own. Meanwhile, Kati has been told that she is seriously ill, but she does not want to mention it to Ida in fear of standing in the way of her daughter's struggle for independence. Ida wants to have a life of her own, but what will she have left at the end of the day?
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Finnish
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Cast & crew
- Lenka HellstedtDirector
- Amira KhalifaIda
- Marja PackalénKati
- Leena UotilaPipsa
- Matti RistinenVille
- Jarkko NiemiJore
- Tomi SalmelaHaastattelija
- Alf HemmingHaastattelija
- Margit SuonperäSihteeri
- Elina VehkaojaSatu
- Sari ViitasaloKirjallisuuspiiriläinen
- Leena RapolaKirjallisuuspiiriläinen
- Liisa IsotaloKirjallisuuspiiriläinen
Details
- Released
- 23 January 2009
- Original title
- Maata meren alla
- Country
- Finland, Germany
- Written by
- Lenka Hellstedt
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What Overseas and Under Your Skin is based on
Overseas and Under Your Skin is adapted from a novel.
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Overseas and Under Your Skin runs 86 minutes (1h 26m).
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Overseas and Under Your Skin isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 23 January 2009. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
What movies are like Overseas and Under Your Skin?
If you liked Overseas and Under Your Skin, try The Grump, It Runs in the Family, The Great Gilly Hopkins.
Who directed Overseas and Under Your Skin?
Overseas and Under Your Skin (2009) was directed by Lenka Hellstedt and stars Amira Khalifa, Marja Packalén, Leena Uotila.
What is Overseas and Under Your Skin based on?
Overseas and Under Your Skin is adapted from a novel.