International Section: competition Neitoperho The collector Finland 1997 Direction: Auli Mantila Screenplay: Auli Mantila Cinematography: Heikki Färm Editing: Riitta Poikselkä Sound: Risto Iissalo Sets: Ilmari Hakala Cast: Leea Klemola, Elina Hurme, Rea Mauranen, Henriika Salo Producer: Tero Kaukomaa Production: GNUfilms OY, Aleksis Kivenkatu 26c, 00500 Helsinki, Finland, tel.: 358 9 7261 525, fax: 358 9 726 1536. / World Sales: Seawell Films, 45 rue Pierre Charron, 75008 Paris, France, tel.: 33 1 4720 1873, fax: 33 1 4720 1543 35mm / Colour 97' Eevi has been living in the flat of her sister Ami, with no immediate plans to move into a place of her own. Totally fed up with the situation, Ami finally throws her sister out, and her friend Helena moves in. Eevi is furious. She steals Ami's car and money, and, on her way out, sets the place on fire. Driving around aimlessly, Eevi picks up a hitch-hiker called Jusu. She promises to give him a ride to wherever he is going. Reluctantly, Jusu agrees. Unfortunately for him, he rejects Eevi's advances. He never reaches his destination. Having wrecked the car and injured herself, Eevi continues on foot. She has decided to go and meet Anja, the woman Jusu was going to see. But now Eevi refuses to take no for an answer... Auli Mantila She was born in 1964, to a family of four daughters. In 1995, she graduated from the University of Arts and Design in Helsinki, after five years of studying screenwriting and film directing. She has also written and directed short stories and plays for the Radio Theatre of the Finnish Broadcasting Company. Auli Mantila lives and works in Helsinki. She had her first child in May 1997. FILMOGRAPHY 1991 Jehu ( short film) 1992 Nälkä ( short film) 1997 Neitoperho International section International competition