HEARTBEAST
by Aino Suni
synopsis
Elina, a 17-year old aspiring rapper, is forced to leave her home country of Finland and move to the South of France when her mother finds a French boyfriend. She is immediately drawn to her new stepsister Sofia, 18, a charismatic ballet dancer who leads a double life full of boys and drugs. Soon, Elina and Sofia's friendship turns into a power game with toxic consequences.
international title: | Heartbeast |
original title: | Heartbeast |
working title: | A Girl’s Room |
country: | France, Finland, Germany |
sales agent: | Kinology |
year: | 2022 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Aino Suni |
film run: | 102' |
release date: | FI 4/11/2022, DE 5/12/2022, FR 22/02/2023 |
screenplay: | Aino Suni |
cast: | Carmen Kassovitz, Elsi Sloan, Adel Bencherif, Camille, Chilla, Lucille Guillaume |
cinematography by: | Kerttu Hakkarainen |
film editing: | Thibault Hague, Ville Hakonen |
music: | Jean-Benoît Dunckel |
producer: | Sebastien Aubert, Leslie Jacob, Frauke Kolbmüller, Ilona Tolmunen |
production: | Adastra Films, Made, Oma Inge Film |
distributor: | B-Plan Distribution, Port-Au-Prince Pictures GmbH |