THEY HAVE ESCAPED
synopsis
A boy and a girl meet at a detention center for problematic youth. The boy has come to serve his obligatory civilian service. The girl is constantly in trouble, with a fire inside her and a lust for life that can't be quashed or controlled. The boy becomes infatuated with the girl. He is a quiet one, but there is a fire inside him as well. Rules, laws, punishment: the shackles can be broken. One day they steal a car and run away together. Thus begins one long escape, without end.
international title: | They Have Escaped |
original title: | He Ovat Paenneet |
country: | Finland, Netherlands |
sales agent: | The Yellow Affair |
year: | 2014 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | J-P Valkeapää |
film run: | 100' |
screenplay: | J-P Valkeapää, Pilvi Peltola |
cast: | Roosa Söderholm, Teppo Manner, Pelle Heikkilä, Petteri Pennilä |
cinematography by: | Pietari Peltola |
film editing: | Mervi Junkkonen |
art director: | Markku Pätilä |
costumes designer: | Tiina Wilén |
music: | Helge Slikker |
producer: | Aleksi Bardy |
co-producer: | Raymond van der Kaiij, Dijana Olcay-Hot |
production: | Helsinki Filmi Oy, Revolver Amsterdam |