Overseas and Under Your Skin (2009): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2009, Overseas and Under Your Skin is a comedy and drama film directed by Lenka Hellstedt, running about 85 minutes.

What it’s about. Ida is a woman who was adopted to Finland from Africa as a child. Ida is an unemployed seamstress approaching her thirties and still lives at home with her activist mother Kati. Kati wants to fix her daughter's life and offers her a job at her work. Encouraged by her new friend Ville, Ida, however, sets out for Berlin in order to find a job and to prove to her mother that she can manage on her own. Meanwhile, Kati has been told that she is seriously ill, but she does not want to mention it to Ida in fear of standing in the way of her daughter's struggle for independence. Ida wants to have a life of her own, but what will she have left at the end of the day?

Who’s in it. Overseas and Under Your Skin stars Amira Khalifa as Ida, Marja Packalén as Kati, Matti Ristinen as Ville and Leena Uotila as Pipsa, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 4.3/10, Overseas and Under Your Skin has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Overseas and Under Your Skin page.

If you liked it. Fans of Overseas and Under Your Skin tend to enjoy Forrest Gump, Parasite, Life Is Beautiful and Fight Club.