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The River (2001)

The River (2001)

Drama Romance
Release Date: 2001, September 14
Directors: Jarmo Lampela
Countries: Finland
Production: Lasihelmi Filmi
Cast: Ilkka Koivula, Jani Karvinen, Pihla Penttinen, Juha Kukkonen, Marja Packalén, Jari Virman, Petra Karjalainen, Heikki Rantanen, Jyri Ojansivu, Samu Loijas, Emmi Pesonen, Juha Varis

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

family infidelity alcoholism mother son relationship male homosexuality suicide attempt river finland closeted homosexual workplace romance pizza shop rescue from drowning bungee-jump homosexuality