[1] Set in the early 1970s and based on a story by Jaana Makkonen, the film tells the story of Leila, a pardoned convict, who becomes an assistant to a blind priest, Jacob.

The film depicts her transformation from a sceptic who grudgingly reads letters aloud to her benefactor into a caring savior of the pastor from his despair after the letters stop coming.

[3] Exteriors were filmed at St. Olaf's Church in Sastamala, Finland (Pyhän Olavin kirkko).

The interiors were filmed at Holy Cross Church in Hattula (Pyhän Ristin kirkko).

Nordic Film Days, Lübeck, Germany, 4.–8.11.2009 Interfilm Church Prize Audience Award 58th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Germany, 5.–15.11.2009 Main Award 33rd Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt, 10.–20.11.2009 The Golden Pyramid for the Best Film The Prize for the Best Screenwriter (Klaus Härö) Black Nights Film Festival, Tallinn, Estonia, 27.11.-6.12.2009 Jury Prize for the Best Director 28th Fajr International Film Festival, Iran, 1.–11.2.2010 Crystal Simorgh Prize for the Best Film in the Competition of Quest for Truth & Justice 33rd Göteborg International Film Festival, Sweden, 29.1.–8.2.2010 Nordic Film Music Prize (composer Dan Strömbäck) Santa Barbara International Film Festival, USA, 4.–14.2.2010 The Best International Film Award Festival du Cinéma Nordique, Rouen, France, 10.–21.3.2010 Best Actress Award (Kaarina Hazard) Best Actor Award (Heikki Nousiainen) Audience Award Cape Winelands Film Festival, South Africa, 17.–27.3.2010 Special Mention Award (actor Heikki Nousiainen) Hong Kong International Film Festival, 21.3.–11.4.2010 SIGNIS Commendation RiverRun International Film Festival, NC, USA, 15.–25.4.2010 BB&T Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature Festroia, Portugal, 4.–13.6.2010 Prize Man and His Environment Festival de Cine de Huesca, Spain, 4.–12.6.2010 Audience Award This article related to Finnish film is a stub.