The River
6.3/10
Release: 14/09/2001
Duration: 1h 51m
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.
Country: Finland
Language: Finnish
Director:Jarmo Lampela
Writers
| Writer:Jarmo Lampela
Production
Lasihelmi Filmi
Budget: $1,000,000
