VASHA
synopsis
Tom, a wide-eyed innocent sixteen year-old ends up in a hospital with a Chechen man Artur, after accidentally having saved his life in a car bomb explosion downtown Tallinn. Artur is a mysterious man who seems to have a mission of his own in Estonia. Fascinated by this quiet stranger, Tom helps him to escape from the hospital. Slowly he begins to realize that Artur is haunted by the memories of his family he tragically lost in war. Tom finds himself an unwitting accomplice in a lethal game of vengeance and death. Facing the violent chain of events only one question remains: will he follow the bloody trail?
international title: | Vasha |
original title: | Vasha |
country: | Estonia, Germany, Finland, Ireland |
sales agent: | Insomnia World Sales |
year: | 2009 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Hannu Salonen |
film run: | 100' |
release date: | EE 22/01/2009, FI 25/09/2009 |
screenplay: | Mart Kivastik, Katrin Laur |
cast: | Mehmet Kurtulus, Mart Müürisepp, Tim Seyfi, Rein Oja, Jan Uuspold, Malla Malmivaara |
cinematography by: | Rein Kotov |
film editing: | Julia Oehring |
art director: | Jaagup Roomet |
costumes designer: | Eva-Maria Gramakovski |
music: | Ray Harman |
producer: | Piret Tibbo-Hudgins, Philipp Homberg |
production: | Allfilm, Philipp Homberg Filmproduktion, Juonifilmi Oy, Wide Eye Films |
backing: | Finnish Film Foundation |
distributor: | SF Studios Finland Oy |