LAPLAND ODYSSEY
synopsis
The story of 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.
international title: | Lapland Odyssey |
original title: | Napapiirin sankarit |
country: | Finland, Ireland, Sweden |
sales agent: | The Yellow Affair |
year: | 2010 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Dome Karukoski |
release date: | FI 15/10/2010, FR 09/02/2011 |
screenplay: | Pekko Pesonen |
cast: | Jasper Pääkkönen, Kari Ketonen, Pamela Tola, Timo Lavikainen, Jussi Vatanen, Kari Hietalahti, Miia Nuutila, Moa Gammel |
cinematography by: | Pini Hellstedt |
film editing: | Harri Ylönen |
costumes designer: | Anna Vilppunen |
music: | Lance Hogan |
producer: | Aleksi Bardy, Jacqueline Kerrin, Martin Persson, Dominic Wright |
production: | Helsinki Filmi Oy, Ripple World Pictures Ltd, Anagram Produktion |
distributor: | DistriB Films |