FI © 2005 Solar Films.
D: Aku Louhimies. SC: Paavo Westerberg, Jari Rantala, Aku Louhimies – inspired by the tale of Tolstoy "The False Coupon". DP: Rauno Ronkainen.
C: Pertti Sveholm, Jasper Pääkkönen, Mikko Leppilampi, Pamela Tola, Matleena Kuusniemi, Samuli Edelmann, Sulevi Peltola, Mikko Kouki.
130 min. Digital look.
Released by Buena Vista International Finland.
Viewed at sold-out Tennispalatsi 1, Helsinki, on the premiere date 14 Jan 2005.
A grim tale of several intersecting destinies of unemployment, homelessness, greed, and alcohol. A pitch-black look into contemporary life. A false banknote sets the action on its course as in Tolstoy's tale, which also inspired important films by Berthold Viertel / Béla Balázs (Die Abenteuer eines Zehnmarkscheines) and Robert Bresson (L'Argent); but the film of Louhimies is completely original. It's kind of an antithesis to some founding films of the current modern wave of Finnish cinema (Onnen maa , and the feature debut of Louhimies, Levottomat). Certainly a major film worth re-visiting. Maybe ****
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