LAW OF THE LAND
synopsis
A remote Finnish village in Lapland, just across the Swedish border. A retiring police officer learns that his illegitimate son has been released from prison and is terrorizing the area. The young man has found out the big family secret and seeks for revenge by assaulting people close to the police officer – including his other legitimate son. The hatred between the two brothers leaves the area in a state of vengeance and violence forcing the villagers to take the law in their own hands. While trying to prevent the brothers from killing each other, the police officer is forced to face his past mistakes.
international title: | Law of the Land |
original title: | Armoton maa |
country: | Finland, Norway |
sales agent: | LevelK |
year: | 2017 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Jussi Hiltunen |
film run: | 90' |
release date: | FI 20/01/2017 |
screenplay: | Jussi Hiltunen |
cast: | Ville Virtanen, Antti Holma, Mikko Neuvonen, Malin Buska, Outi Mäenpää, Pernilla August, Jørgen Langhelle, Andreas af Enehielm, Trond Halbo, Tarja Heinula, Kristoffer Isaksen, Minna Koskela, Jarmo Koski |
cinematography by: | Tuomo Hutri |
film editing: | Kimmo Taavila |
art director: | Markku Pätilä |
costumes designer: | Nina Erdahl |
music: | Kirka Sainio |
producer: | Kaarle Aho, Kai Nordberg |
co-producer: | Svein Andersen, Kjetil Jensberg, Joachim Lyng |
production: | Making Movies, Sweet Films AS, FilmCamp |
backing: | Norwegian Film Institute, Yle, Finnish Film Foundation, Eurimages, Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, FilmCamp |
distributor: | Nordisk Film Oy |