MesmeroWatch list, 0 saved

Short film

The Annunciation

2011 · 36 min

A quiet, contemplative video piece that blurs rehearsal and reality, inviting slow reflection on the ordinary and the miraculous.

Directed by
Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Satu Mäkinen, Elise Laaksonen, Taru Ollila
Overview
This charming and casually reverent work is an authorized single-screen version of an installation by celebrated video artist Ahtila. Amid stunning snow-draped forests, a women’s theatrical group rehearses a stage version of the Annunciation (the director is played by Aki Kaurismäki’s signature actress Kati Outinen), in the process discovering the parallel worlds of humans and animals, and the proximity of the ordinary to the miraculous.

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Search YouTube for a trailer

Add to a list: The Annunciation

You have no lists yet. Name one, and this title goes into it.

All your lists

In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Satu Mäkinen, Elise Laaksonen, Taru Ollila
In your watch list

How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • art
  • nature
  • identity
  • friendship
Places
  • countryside
  • wilderness
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour3
Realism6
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity7
Emotional weight5

More like this

Titles like The Annunciation

Movie

Baraka

1992

A hypnotic, wordless visual meditation that immerses you in the planet's beauty and spiritual depth, demanding patience but rewarding with awe.

Earnest, slow-burn · about faith and nature · nonlinear

Via
  • earnest
  • faith
  • nature
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
97 min
Details
BarakaHidden from your suggestions.
Short film

Michelangelo Eye to Eye

2004

A hushed, contemplative gaze at a masterpiece, rewarding patience with quiet awe and a sense of time suspended.

Earnest, slow-burn · about faith and art

Via
  • earnest
  • faith
  • art
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
18 min
Details
Michelangelo Eye to EyeHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Dutch Light

2003

A hushed, contemplative gaze at landscape and sky that rewards patience with quiet visual pleasure.

Earnest, slow-burn · about art and nature

Via
  • earnest
  • art
  • nature
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
93 min
Details
Dutch LightHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Samsara

2011

A breathtaking, non-verbal journey through the vastness of the human experience and the planet's wonders.

Earnest · about faith and nature

Via
  • earnest
  • faith
  • nature
Pacing
measured
Attention
background
Runtime
102 min
Details
SamsaraHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Gunda

2021

A quiet, black-and-white immersion into animal life that rewards patience with raw, wordless intimacy.

Warm, earnest, slow-burn · about nature

Via
  • warm
  • earnest
  • nature
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
93 min
Details
GundaHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Wind Will Carry Us

1999

A patient, quietly funny and deeply human portrait of a stranger slowing down in a remote village, asking for your full attention.

Warm, earnest, slow-burn · about identity and friendship · nonlinear

Via
  • warm
  • earnest
  • identity
  • friendship
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
118 min
Details
The Wind Will Carry UsHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Vrindavana

2010

A slow, immersive drift through rituals and faces, more sensory texture than story, rewarding patience with quiet visual wonder.

Earnest, slow-burn · about faith and nature

Via
  • earnest
  • faith
  • nature
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
90 min
Details
VrindavanaHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Tríptico elemental de España

1996

A hypnotic, sensory immersion into landscapes and textures, demanding patience but rewarding with dreamlike, tactile imagery.

Earnest, slow-burn · about faith and art · nonlinear

Via
  • earnest
  • faith
  • art
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
61 min
Details
Tríptico elemental de EspañaHidden from your suggestions.
Short film

Fire in Castilla (Tactilvision from the Moor of Fright)

1961

A slow, hypnotic gaze at carved figures, turning stone into a sensory, almost spiritual experience.

Earnest, slow-burn · about faith and art

Via
  • earnest
  • faith
  • art
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
18 min
Details
Fire in Castilla (Tactilvision from the Moor of Fright)Hidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Celestial

2012

A slow, contemplative drift through images of the sky that rewards patience and quiet attention.

Warm, earnest, slow-burn · about faith and art

Via
  • warm
  • earnest
  • faith
  • art
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
59 min
Details
CelestialHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Winter Miracle

2012

A quiet, drifting meditation on belief and ritual, more like watching thoughts assemble than following a story.

Earnest, slow-burn · about faith and identity · nonlinear

Via
  • earnest
  • faith
  • identity
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
60 min
Details
Winter MiracleHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

2000

A long, gentle drift through someone's home movies, warm and nostalgic, asking you to surrender to memory's loose flow.

Warm, earnest, slow-burn · about art · nonlinear

Via
  • warm
  • earnest
  • art
  • nonlinear
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
288 min
Details
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of BeautyHidden from your suggestions.

Where to watch in the UK

No UK streaming, rental or purchase options are known.

Streaming data from JustWatch.TMDB

Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Written by
Eija-Liisa Ahtila
Starring
Satu Mäkinen, Elise Laaksonen, Taru Ollila, Elina Hurme, Anastasia Ilvonen, Kati Outinen
Runtime
36 min
Country
Finland
Languages
Finnish

TMDBIMDbLetterboxdWikidata

Something wrong on this page? Tell us.