Frozen Land
Not to be confused with the 2013 movie The Legend of Sarila, once marketed in the United States as Frozen Land.
| Frozen Land | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Aku Louhimies |
| Produced by | Markus Selin |
| Written by | Aku Louhimies |
| Starring |
Jasper Pääkkönen, Mikko Leppilampi, Pamela Tola |
| Cinematography | Rauno Ronkainen |
| Edited by | Samu Heikkilä |
Release dates | 2005 |
Running time | 130 minutes |
| Country | Finland |
| Language | Finnish |
Frozen Land (Finnish: Paha maa) is a 2005 Finnish drama film directed and written by Aku Louhimies starring Jasper Pääkkönen, Mikko Leppilampi and Pamela Tola.
Plot
When a schoolteacher is sacked, he projects his bad mood at his troubled teenage son. The son, in turn, buys a CD player from a pawnshop with counterfeit money. This starts a chain reaction of misery as every victim projects his problems on to another person.
The film plot is based on (but not credited)[1] on Leo Tolstoy's "The Forged Coupon" part 1 like Robert Bresson's "L'Argent".
Awards
The film has won several awards:
- Athens International Film Festival 2005: Best Screenplay
- Bergen International Film Festival 2005: Jury Award
- Göteborg Film Festival 2005: Nordic Film Prize
- Jussi 2006:
- Best Costume Design
- Best Direction
- Best Editing
- Best Film
- Best Script
- Best Sound Design
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Leeds International Film Festival 2005: Golden Owl Award
- Lübeck Nordic Film Days 2005: NDR Promotion Prize - Honorable Mention
- 27th Moscow International Film Festival 2005: Special Jury Prize[2]
Cast
- Jasper Pääkkönen as Niko Smolander
- Mikko Leppilampi as Tuomas Mikael Saraste
- Pamela Tola as Elina Oravisto
- Petteri Summanen as Antti Arhamo
- Matleena Kuusniemi as Hannele Arhamo
- Mikko Kouki as Isto Virtanen
- Sulevi Peltola as Teuvo "Teukka" Hurskainen
- Pertti Sveholm as Pertti Smolander
- Samuli Edelmann as car seller "Jartsa" Matikainen
- Saara Pakkasvirta as shopkeeper's mother
- Pekka Valkeejärvi as shopkeeper
- Susanna Anteroinen as Headmaster
- Niklas Hellakoski as Konsta
- Emilia Suoperä as Maria, angel in the ambulance
- Jonathan Kajander as Joonatan "Jonttu" Arhamo
References
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0866243/
- ↑ "27th Moscow International Film Festival (2005)". MIFF. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
External links
- Paha maa at the Internet Movie Database
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