Upswing
Nousukausi

Finland 2003 colour 98min Kinotar Oy

***½

Comedy, Drama

cast: Petteri Summanen (Janne), Tiina Lymi (Katri), Kari-Pekka Toivonen (Kari), Juha Veijonen (Heikki), Antti Virmavirta (Mr. Heino), Tobias Zilliacus, Lawrence Kennedy, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Katja Kukkola (Kiti), Vilma Juusonen, Heli Sutela, Minna Koskela, Markku Toikka
credits: dir. Johanna Vuoksenmaa, script Mika Ripatti

A rich and young couple is looking for a trip which could make their friends jealous. They meet Mr. Heino, who sells them this dream trip to Jakomäki. Basically they have to taste life as a poor and unemployed couple in the worst part of Helsinki.

This movie is fun to watch. It's a comment of differeces between hi and lo lifes. The director and her absolutely fantastic cast gets a lot of fun of persons who think they'll loose everything when they loose their money. Kari-Pekka Toivonen is amazingly hilarious in supporting role as a violent bastard, whose animal sexuality doesn't leave anybody cold. Petteri Summanen's character is written a bit too lousy to make this film perfect. This "Janne" is just too stupid to be believable.

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