Lapland Odyssey

"A couple of variables"

2010 1h 35m FI

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Comedy

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Lapland Odyssey is a comedy about Janne, a man from Lapland in northern Finland, a man who has made a career out of living on welfare. Inari, his girlfriend, is tired of Janne's incapability of getting a grip on life, Janne wasn't even able to buy a digital TV box that Inari had given money for. Inari gives an ultimatum: a digital box needs to arrive by dawn or she leaves. Janne sets out into the night with his two friends to find a box. On their way to the city of Rovaniemi, Janne and his friends face many challenges, obstacles and temptations. They learn that they need to be daring. There's no room to give into bitterness. The most important thing isn't success, but rather the journey in itself.

“A couple of variables”

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Cast

Jussi Vatanen
Janne
Jasper Pääkkönen
Kapu
Timo Lavikainen
Räihänen
Pamela Tola
Inari
Kari Ketonen
Pikku-Mikko
Miia Nuutila
Marjukka
Konsta Mäkelä
Hatunen
Sinikka Mokkila
Jannen äiti

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Dome Karukoski
Writers: Pekko Pesonen
Languages: Russian, Swedish, Finnish, English
Countries: Finland, Ireland, Sweden

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ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Russian, Swedish, Finnish, English.

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WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Finland, Ireland, Sweden.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Lapland Odyssey Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Dome Karukoski, shot by Pini Hellstedt. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Lance Hogan. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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8 / 8

CAST

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Jussi Vatanen and Jasper Pääkkönen and Timo Lavikainen carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Dome Karukoski directs. Pini Hellstedt behind the camera. Lance Hogan scores. Harri Ylönen cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Finland, Ireland, Sweden. Dialogue in Russian, Swedish, Finnish, English.

Trivia

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1Released 16 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Russian, Swedish, Finnish, English.
3International production across 3 countries: Finland, Ireland, Sweden.
4Part of the "Lapland Odyssey Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Directed by Dome Karukoski, shot by Pini Hellstedt. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Lance Hogan. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Harri Ylönen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Jussi Vatanen and Jasper Pääkkönen and Timo Lavikainen carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "A couple of variables".
10IMDB entry: tt1454505 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Pini Hellstedt
Original score: Lance Hogan
Editing: Harri Ylönen
Production design: Pirjo Rossi
Costume design: Anna Vilppunen
Makeup / hair: Kata Launonen
VFX supervisor: Scott McDonnell
Sound: Christian Holm
Stunt coordinator: Reijo Kontio
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: FI
Certification (US): 14A
IMDB: Lapland Odyssey (2010)

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Lapland Odyssey Collection

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Kenneth Axel Carlsson2014-12-26
★ 4/10
A young man wakes up. His girlfriend is kinda tired of his lazy way of living, it is time for a change. The change comes in the form of a digibox. His girlfriend wants to watch Titanic that very evening. She is not unreasonably, mind you, she does give him the money for the digibox, unfortunately, things are not that simple. Well, I say unfortunately, but the Odyssey that lies ahead of young Janne is a great one. This is no mindblowing movie that will give you some higher insight into life, or even show you a new way of making movies. It is a very traditional movie; man must go on adventure in order to win the woman. I won't spoil the ending too much, but I think you have an idea of where this is going. Last words... this movie is done well, but nothing more than a light comedy. If I could only pick a handful of comedies to bring with me to the Otherworld, this would not be one of them, but it did entertain me.

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