Directed by:
Aleksi MäkeläCinematography:
Pini HellstedtCast:
Peter Franzén, Jasper Pääkkönen, Niko Saarela, Lauri Nurkse, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Elsa Saisio, Risto Tuorila, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Janna Herttuainen (more)Plots(1)
For their entire lives, Otto, Matti, Ilkka and Eero Takkunen have been under the thumb of their tyrannical father who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. Drawing inspiration from the Holy Bible the despotic father raises his children under unrelenting cruelty. The boys are used to getting more empathy from the animals on their farm than from the rest of society. Their home has no electricity and they survive on charity, but they never resort to violence. When their father is put away into a mental institution, the boys make ends meet by robbing slot machines. They get by, but hunger for more, and soon start robbing unmanned gas stations. Their greatest desire - to be like everyone else - is finally within their reach, but there are many obstacles on the road to acceptance. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Peter Franzén
Finland
Best movies:
Purge (2012)
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Jasper Pääkkönen
Finland
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Niko Saarela
Finland
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Lauri Nurkse
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Vesa-Matti Loiri
Finland
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Elsa Saisio
Finland
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Risto Tuorila
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Hannu-Pekka Björkman
Finland
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Eero Milonoff
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Arttu Kapulainen
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Eeva Litmanen
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Tiina Pirhonen
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Outi Mäenpää
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Santeri Nuutinen
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Henri Nuutinen
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Rasmus Nuutinen
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Oiva Lohtander
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Vesa Mäkelä
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Juha Veijonen
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