Restless
Levottomat

Available on DVD

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Finland 2000 colour 111 min Solar Films Oy

Drama

cast: Mikko Nousiainen (Ari), Matleena Kuusiniemi (Ilona), Laura Malmivaara (Tiina), Petteri Summanen (Stig), Samuli Edelmann (Roope), Valtteri Roiha, Vilma Melasniemi (Piia), Eija Nousiainen, Pertti Sveholm
credits: music by Crash, Ultra Bra, Maija Vilkkumaa, Samuli Edelmann etc., dir. Aku Louhimies, script Aleksi Bardy and Aku Louhimies, prod. Markus Selin

They have shot this film in Turku, Finland. But almost nobody in this film talks like people there do. Samuli Edelmann is one of those, who sounds real and his performance is also one of the film's finest performances. Mikko Nousiainen plays his friend, the main character Ari... His character is not very easy to identify. This young man gets all women and forgets them. He can not feel anything, he says this also to a woman, who finally wants to get married with him. This poor lady tries everything but the case is impossible to solve.

The actors may have tried their best and the script is not exactly bad. But, something's missing. These actors and actresses are too pretty to be believable. Anyway, this film got really big success in Finland. Lots of love scenes and country's best pop hits. That's the mixture to get money.

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