The River

Released
2001
1h 51min
16 votes
DramaRomance

Synopsis

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.

Informations financières

Budget

1.00 M$

Détails techniques

Titre original

Joki

Langue originale

FI

Langues parlées

Finnish

Production

Compagnies de production

Lasihelmi Filmi

Pays de production

Finland

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Mots-clés

infidelitysuicide attemptriverbungee-jumpalcoholismmale homosexualityfamilyrescue from drowningfinlandworkplace romancepizza shopcloseted homosexualmother son relationshiphomosexuality