Lapland Odyssey

Nothing is really working for Janne (Jussi Vatanen). When his common-law wife Inari (Pamela Tola) asks the man to get a cheap digital conversion box, he spends the money she gave on drinks with his two best friends Kapu (Jasper Pääkkönen) and Räihänen (Timo Lavikainen). Inari has had enough and offers him an ultimatum. She threatens to leave Janne and move to the south of Finland right away, if Janne doesn’t fix the conversion box by the next morning.

Janne with his friends hurl into an adventure and that seems quite impossible. They have to get money for petrol and the box and finally find a store for domestic appliances selling a digital box at a reasonable price in the middle of the night. The three friends have to struggle hard to get an electrical device for Inari and above all to save Janne’s happiness.

On the way to the nearest town, many variables occur, from killer lesbians and police raids to Inari’s ex-boyfriend Little Mikko (Kari Ketonen). Having driven hundreds of miles, freezing, fighting and loosing several car doors, they at last find, each in his way, something essential. But is it enough to save Janne’s relationship with Inari?

Premiere on 15th of October 2010.

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Director:

Dome Karukoski

Screenwriters:

Pekko Pesonen

Producer:

Aleksi Bardy

Cast:

Jussi Vatanen, Timo Lavikainen, Jasper Pääkkönen, Pamela Tola, Kari Ketonen, Miia Nuutila

Cinematographer:

Pini Hellstedt

Set Designer:

Pirjo Rossi

Costume Designer:

Anna Vilppunen

Make-Up:

Kata Launonen

Sound:

Christian Holm, Niklas Skarp

Music:

Lance Hogan

Editor:

Harri Ylönen

Premiere:

15.10.2010

Festivals:

TIFF, Canada, Screening on Contemporary  World Cinema (2010)