The River
Joki
Release: 2001-09-14
·Runtime: 111m
·★ 5.9
Drama
Romance
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.
Production Countries
Finland
Production Companies
Lasihelmi Filmi
Cast
Jyri Ojansivu
as Janne
Sanna Hietala
as Anni
Tuukka Huttunen
as Teppo, Annin entinen mies
Antti Mikkola
as Santeri
Jari Virman
as Eero
Juha Kukkonen
as Esa, muusikko
Juha Varis
as Hannu, Esan veli
Marja Packalén
as Raili, Esan ja Hannun äiti
Pihla Penttinen
as Virve, pizzerian tarjoilija
Ilkka Koivula
as Erkka Koskensuu, pizzakokki
Kirsi Tarvainen
as 1. sairaanhoitaja
Jarmo Lampela
as Lauluääni porraskäytävässä (voice) (as Toni Clifton)
