The read
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Having moved to Paris for university, Leevi returns to his native Finland for the summer to help his estranged father renovate the family lake house so it can be sold. Tareq, a recent asylum seeker from Syria, has been hired to help with the work, and when Leevi's father has to return to town on business, the two young men establish a connection and embark on a romance set against the idyllic Finnish summer. However, looming over this chance encounter, is the father's imminent return to the lake house, the continuation of Leevi's studies abroad as well as Tareq's complex relationship with his family in Syria.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do.
96 audience votes
Key crew
- Mikko MäkeläDirector
- Mikko MäkeläWriter
Cast
- Janne PuustinenLeevi
- Boodi KabbaniTareq
- Mika MelenderJouko
- Virpi RautsialaPirjo
Stills
Themes
immigrantlakeimmigrationsaunalanguage barrierinterracial romancelgbtfinlandmigrant workerhome renovationgay muslimsummer romance