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 |
