Själö - Island of Souls (2020)

Title: Själö - Island of Souls

Original Title: Själö - Island of Souls

Release Date: 2020-03-19

Status: Released

Rating: 4.8/10 (from 4 votes)

Language: FI

Genres: Documentary

Production Companies: Made, Finnish Film Foundation

Själö means 'the island of souls', and no name could be more fitting for the island in the Baltic Sea, which for centuries was a last stop for women who were considered social outcasts – and who are today forgotten. They were forcibly placed in a closed institution to be studied, measured and weighed – exactly in the way that nature itself was starting to be examined around the same time. Today, the place is a research centre. A young female scientist collects samples on the island, while the whispering voices of the past and never-sent letters echo in the empty hallways.