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Palna's Daughters

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A film about memory, identity and the overwhelming power of love. One-year-old Devi was found starving at a railway station in Delhi. The police took her to Palna, an orphanage, where she lived for a year. When Devi learned to talk she often wanted to talk about Amma, her first mother. In the film, the 6-year-old Devi journeys to her own past, as her family adopts another daughter from Palna, a baby sister for Devi.

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Status: Released

Released Date: 2007-12-31

Runtime: 69 mins

Director: Kiti Luostarinen

Writer: Kiti Luostarinen

Spoken language: suomi

Genres: Documentary

Original title: Palna's Daughters

Production Companies: Kiti Luostarinen Production

Production Countries: Finland

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