Directed by:
Ilkka VanneCinematography:
Jani KumpulainenComposer:
Pekka KarjalainenCast:
Ville Haapasalo, Irina Björklund, Katja Küttner, Pietro Steiner, Kari Väänänen, Vesa Vierikko, Karoliina Vanne, Jerry Wahlforss, Alain Azérot, Jean Bitar (more)Plots(1)
Tuomas Linna is doing research for his dissertation on how foreigners are treated in Finland. For field research, he borrows the identity of his Ingushetian friend, Omar Ghaala. Dressed up as Omar, Tuomas meets and falls in love with Hanne, a Finnish teacher at a language school for immigrants. Hanne falls in love with Omar too, and Tuomas can't think of a way to reveal his true identity.
When Tuomas tries to make an impression on Hanne as his real self, with no masks, the situation turns on its head and, along with a series of awkward misunderstandings, Hanne ends up hating Tuomas. At the same time, Hanne falls more and more passionately in love with Omar. Before Tuomas manages to tell Hanne the truth, Omar's past catches him in a headlock. Tuomas finds himself caught up in a relationship mess the real Omar has left behind him. A showdown with the Rintaperkiö family defending its honor awaits for him in the backward Ostrobothnian countryside.
Hanne's love for Omar and Tuomas is put to trial when the coil of misunderstandings and white lies finally starts unraveling. In a Foreign Land is a breathtakingly fast comedy of masquerading and identity – and of love, a foreign land to those who get lost in it. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Ville Haapasalo
Finland
Best movies:
Gibel imperii (2005) (series)
The Cuckoo (2002)
Tri muškeťora (2013)
Irina Björklund
Sweden
Best movies:
Stars Above (2012)
The Eternal Road (2017)
Ambush (1999)
Katja Küttner
Finland
Best movies:
A Patriotic Man (2013)
Upswing (2003)
Princess (2010)
Kari Väänänen
Finland
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
The Bohemian Life (1992)
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Vesa Vierikko
Finland
Best movies:
Frozen Land (2005)
The Winter War (1989)
The Match Factory Girl (1990)
Karoliina Vanne
Finland
Best movies:
Promise (2005)
Jerry Wahlforss
Finland
Best movies:
Frozen Land (2005)
Beyond Enemy Lines (2004)
Lovers & Leavers (2002)
Alain Azérot
Best movies:
Les Liens du sang (2007) (TV movie)
The Third Wave (2003)
La Machine (1994)
Jean Bitar
Lebanon
Abdesselam Chellaf
Best movies:
The Worthless (1982)
Rosso (1985)
Gloriously Wasted (2012)
Gyan Dookie
Best movies:
Priest of Evil (2010)
Rollo and the Spirit of the Woods (2001)
Julius Pillai
Best movies:
Naked Harbour (2012)
Kai Lehtinen
Finland
Best movies:
Promise (2005)
Heavy Trip (2018)
Ambush (1999)
Pekka Huotari
Best movies:
Promise (2005)
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes (2006)
Ambush (1999)
Tarja Siimes
Finland
Best movies:
August Fools (2013)