The River

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Drama
Romance

Overview

Episodic study of feelings where six stories intertwine over one Saturday in a small town. Two boys save a young woman, Anni, and her baby from suicide by drowning. Esa, a down-on-his-luck musician in need of a loan, arrives to his father's 60th birthday party. Waitress Leena tries to stir up a romance between her co-workers at a pizza parlor. Middle-aged Ilpo comes home early from the paper mill and finds a strange man in their bedroom. Old Milja waits for her daughter Merja at the hospital where she is visiting her terminally ill husband Henri. Teenage Santeri tries to cope with his homosexuality.

Keywords

mother son relationship
river
family
infidelity
alcoholism
male homosexuality
closeted homosexual
suicide attempt
bungee-jump
rescue from drowning
finland
workplace romance
homosexuality
pizza shop
intertwined lives

Details

Status: Released
Release date: September 14, 2001
Original language: Finnish
Spoken languages: Finnish
Countries: Finland
Production: Lasihelmi Filmi
Cast: Samu Loijas,Kauno Villberg,Kirsi Tarvainen,Markus Ranta,Petra Karjalainen,Kaisa Niemelä,Jyri Ojansivu,Jan Moberg,Ismo Kotro,Juha Varisand 37 more
Director: Jarmo Lampela
Writer: Jarmo Lampela
Producer: Riikka Poulsen
Cinematography: Harri Räty
Music: Petri Nieminen
Budget: $1,000,000
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0248928