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A Balasaur Score of 82 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.4/10.
Synopsis
Small-scale farmer Pasi shoots four policemen who have come to arrest him for raged drunkenness. Rest of the movie is a long flashback examining the events that finally leads to the tragic shooting. As time goes by, Pasi sinks gradually deeper and deeper into the poverty, gets into trouble with both police and tax officials while family arguments grow more and more serious. Based on a true story.
Ratings
IMDb8.4/10
20 audience votes
Key crew
- Mikko NiskanenWriter
- Mikko NiskanenDirector
- Erkki ErtamaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Mikko NiskanenPasi
- Tarja-Tuulikki TarsalaVaimo - Pasi's Wife
- Paavo PentikäinenReiska
- Tauno PaananenTauno, "Tanu"
- Elina LiimatainenElina, "Ellu"
- Ari VainiontausAri
- Mauno ArgillanderManu
- Sulo HokkanenSulo Kokki
- Ilmari PiilonenRiistapäällikkö - gamekeeper
- Yrjö LiehunenKauppias - Shopkeeper
- Kalle KellokangasKalle
- Olavi TervahartialaTaisto Kokki
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Themes
based on true storyalcoholismmurderminiseriespovertyunemploymentmoonshinefinland1960srural lifepolice murders