M (2018 Finnish film)

M is a 2018 Finnish experimental film directed by Anna Eriksson. It was screened in the Venice International Film Critics' Week section at the Venice Film Festival.[1] The film is loosely inspired by the last days of Marilyn Monroe.[2]

M
Film poster
Directed byAnna Eriksson
Written byAnna Eriksson
Produced byAnna Eriksson
StarringAnna Eriksson
CinematographyMatti Pyykkö
Edited byAnna Eriksson
Music byAnna Eriksson
Release dates
  • 6 September 2018 (2018-09-06) (Venice)
  • 30 September 2018 (2018-09-30)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFinland
LanguageEnglish

Cast
  • Anna Eriksson (M)
  • Petri Salo (The psychiatrist)
  • Gail Ferguson (Georgia)
  • Axel Sutinen (Gardener)
  • Ari Vieno (The man in the car)
  • José Paiva Wolff (Ruby, The make up artist)
  • Quim-Ze Grilo (Anubis)
  • Gloria Bleezard-Levister (Melody Manners)
  • Alonso Levister (The TV-show host)
  • Susana Gonçalo (The girl in the veil)
  • Steve Remigio Delgado (Abraham)
  • Issey O’Brien (Psychiatrist daughter)
  • Veera Siivonen (The girl in the car)
  • Joni Segerros (The boy in the car)

Awards

The film received the Grand Prix and Best Feature Film awards at the 2019 Prague Independent Film Festival.[3]

At the 2019 Vienna Independent Film Festival the film received Best Feature Film and Best Cinematography awards.[4]

Best director Tarkovsky Award 2019 The Blow-up Arthouse Film Festival, Chicago

The Book on M https://parvs.fi/en/books/m/?lang_switched=1

Art Exhibition Anna Eriksson M The Rituals of a Lonely B...h 5.9.2020 Rauma Art Museum https://www.raumantaidemuseo.fi/en/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/

See also

References
  1. "M". Venice International Film Critics' Week.
  2. "Review: M". Cineuropa.
  3. "LAULAJA-ELOKUVANTEKIJÄ ANNA ERIKSSON VOITTI M-ELOKUVALLAAN PÄÄPALKINNON PRAHAN INDIEFESTAREILLA" [Singer-filmmaker Anna Eriksson has won the main prize at the Prague Independent Film Festival with her film M]. Episodi.
  4. "Anna Erikssonin elokuva palkittiin kansainvälisesti" [Anna Eriksson's film was awarded internationally]. Uuden Kaupungin Sanomat. 16 July 2019.


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