Palna's Daughters

Palna's Daughters

2007 · 69 min · ★ 6.0 · Documentary

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.

Directed by Kiti Luostarinen · Written by Kiti Luostarinen

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