During World War II, more than 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated to neutral Sweden to avoid the conflict. 9-year-old Eero increasingly feels abandoned by his biological Finnish mother and not yet attached to his Swedish surrogate mom. When Eero is returned to Finland, his confusion intensifies.

Title from container. "Supported by Finnish Film Foundation/Olli Soinio, Swedish Film Institute/Marianne Ahrne, Nordic Film and TV Fund/Svend Abrahamsen, Swedish Culture Foundation in Finland/Krister Ståhlberg in co-operation with YLE Co-productions/Erkki Astala, YLE Fiction FST/Liselott Forsman, SVT/Gunnar Carlsson, Cinestar Production/Thomas Roger, Digital Film Finland Oy." Based on Veikko Aaltonens screenplay and Heikki Hietamies' novel Äideistä Parhain. Originally released as a motion picture in 2005. Special feature: This month's short film: Uncle / director, Adam Elliot (Australia, English, 6 min.). The biography of a humble man, his lemon tree, chihuahua and crumpets, retold and narrated by an anonymous nephew, who strings together a collection of his uncle's passions, failings and beliefs.