Icaros: Fallen Europe

Overview

Pekka Jalkanen, a Finnish modern music composer, begins to compose his Russian Concerto – a concerto of longing for home – in his childhood’s home, near Russian border. At the same time, his mind makes a trip to Mother Russia and to Balkans to collect materials for his upcoming work. Analysing reasons for economical and cultural chaos in the new united Europe, the composer finally arrives at the tomb of Andrei Tarkovsky, a Russian master of world’s cinema, near Paris, to respect the memory of the auteur who spoke about longing in his films.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 28, 2011

Original language

Finnish

Spoken languages

Finnish, Russian

Countries

Finland

Production

Bad Taste Ltd.,Bad Taste

Cast

Pekka Jalkanen

Director

Rax Rinnekangas

Writer

Rax Rinnekangas

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt14782784