Daughter of the Sun

Overview

Lävrasiid Äigi, the original Sami title, means "a time during autumn". From ancient times this was the time of year when the Sami people hunted reindeer. A Sami boy dreams about this hunt in the beginning of the film. Suddenly he hears singing, he has never heard before – it is called joik. He falls in love with the joiker: the Daughter of the Sun. To keep her, he needs to hide her for three days and three nights without lighting a campfire inside his tent. In a cloudy night though he takes a chance, but the star, which is her father, sees her through the cracks in the clouds and takes her home. The boy looses the Daughter of the Sun but has learned to master the power of the joik. He gets a large herd of rein deer, and experiences the greatest love of all.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1996

Original language

Northern Sami

Spoken languages

Northern Sami

Countries

Norway

Production

Trollfilm

Director

Anita Killi

Writer

Anita Killi,Marry Ailonieida Somby

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt0209990