‘My Sailor, My Love’ Director Klaus Härö Talks ‘Sensitive’ ‘GoT’ Star James Cosmo
variety.comMarta Balaga Finnish director Klaus Härö makes his English-language debut with Toronto Film Festival premiere “My Sailor, My Love.” A gentle drama about a retired sea captain falling in love one last time will be spotlighted at the Helsinki-based event Finnish Film Affair next.
Global Screen is handling the sales. Härö, an experienced filmmaker behind Golden Globe-nominated “The Fencer,” didn’t feel “desperate” to make a movie in English, he says. “I hope it doesn’t feel forced.
With English, there is always this thought that maybe this way, it will reach more people. But it just felt natural to set it in Ireland.” “I love the loneliness of this landscape, its proximity to the sea.
Also, ‘The Fencer’ was shot in Estonia and my next film will be in Finnish, German, Hebrew and Yiddish.” Produced by Kai Nordberg and Kaarle Aho for Making Movies, as well as David Collins for Ireland’s Samson Films and Belgium’s Umedia, the film stars “Games of Thrones” alumnus James Cosmo, Catherine Walker and Brid Brennan. “The real joy was to see these actors finding trust in each other,” he adds, praising his leads. “When we think of James, we think of ‘Braveheart,’ ‘GoT,’ ‘Ben-Hur.’ He is always the Viking, the Roman soldier, the mafioso.
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