The River
Original title: Joki
6.1(17)20011h 51mFI
Directed by Jarmo Lampela
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.
infidelitysuicide attemptriverbungee-jumpalcoholismmale homosexualityfamilyrescue from drowningfinlandworkplace romancepizza shopcloseted homosexual
Budget $1.0M
