Frozen Land

"In the end things work out for the best, for all of us"

2005 2h 13m FI

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6.8

SOLID

★6.8TMDB · 69

Drama

Synopsis

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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.

“In the end things work out for the best, for all of us”

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Cast

Jasper Pääkkönen
Niko Smolander
Mikko Leppilampi
Tuomas Mikael Saraste
Pamela Tola
Elina Oravisto
Petteri Summanen
Antti Arhamo
Matleena Kuusniemi
Hannele Arhamo
Mikko Kouki
Isto Virtanen
Sulevi Peltola
Teuvo 'Teukka' Hurskainen
Pertti Sveholm
Pertti Smolander

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Aku Louhimies
Writers: Paavo Westerberg, Jari Rantala, Aku Louhimies
Languages: Finnish
Countries: Finland

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MONEY

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Shot for just $2.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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Released 21 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Aku Louhimies, shot by Rauno Ronkainen. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Samu Heikkilä shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Jasper Pääkkönen and Mikko Leppilampi and Pamela Tola carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "In the end things work out for the best, for all of us".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0388318 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 69 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Aku Louhimies directs. Rauno Ronkainen behind the camera. Samu Heikkilä cuts. Produced in Finland. Dialogue in Finnish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $2.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Released 21 years ago.
3Directed by Aku Louhimies, shot by Rauno Ronkainen. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Samu Heikkilä shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Jasper Pääkkönen and Mikko Leppilampi and Pamela Tola carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "In the end things work out for the best, for all of us".
7IMDB entry: tt0388318 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 69 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Classified under 8 themes, including "helsinki, finland", "depression", "alcohol", "alcoholism".