Elle Marja, 14, is a reindeer-breeding Sami girl. Exposed to the racism of the 1930s and phrenological examinations at her boarding school, she starts dreaming of another life. To achieve this other life she has to become someone else and break all ties with her family and culture.
boarding school
identity
lapland
coming of age
racism
phrenology
woman director
indigenous peoples
sami life
ethnic minority
south sámi language
saepmie