THE HOUSE OF BRANCHING LOVE
synopsis
Family therapist Juhani Helin, 35, and business trainer Paula Helin, 34, decide to divorce in a civilized manner and move to separate addresses after selling their common house. But when Paula invites her one night stand, Marco, to the house and Juhani takes revenge on her by hiring a prostitute, Nina, from his half-brother and a pimp, Wolffi, to play his new girlfriend in order to force Paula to leave the house, the box of pandora of their marriage flies open and releases the plagues of love and hate.
Based on the novel by Petri Karra.
international title: | The House of Branching Love |
original title: | Haarautuvan rakkauden talo |
country: | Finland |
year: | 2009 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Mika Kaurismäki |
film run: | 102' |
release date: | FI 21/08/2009, NO 19/02/2010, EE 16/04/2010, FR 20/10/2010, HU 24/02/2011, CZ 21/04/2011, ES 08/09/2011, BE 30/11/2011 |
screenplay: | Mika Kaurismäki, Sami Keski-Vähälä, Petri Karra |
cast: | Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Elina Knihtilä, Antti Reini, Tommi Eronen, Kati Outinen, Kari Väänänen, Irina Björklund, Anna Easteden, Antti Virmavirta, Mari Perankoski |
cinematography by: | Rauno Ronkainen |
film editing: | Jukka Nykänen |
art director: | Petri Neuvonen |
costumes designer: | Niina Pasanen |
producer: | Mika Kaurismäki |
production: | Marianna Films |
distributor: | SF Studios Finland Oy, KapFilms (ex-Kanibal Films Distribution), A Contracorriente Films, Brunbro Films, Film Europe, Film Europe s.r.o. |