'Freakin' Beautiful World'
Sairaan kaunis maailma

Available on DVD

Finland 1997 colour 94min Lasihelmi Filmi

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Drama

cast: Arttu Kapulainen (Papu), Kati Outinen (Tarja), Joonas Bragge (Ippe), Pihla Penttinen (Mia), Ilkka Koivula (Kalle), Tuula Nyman, Sakari Korhonen, Pekka Valkeejärvi, Jaakko Saariluoma
credits: dir. and script Jarmo Lampela, DOP Harri Räty, music Suburban Tribe, Coolsheiks and Petri Nieminen

A story about teenagers who tries to stay alive in the world of drugs and crimes.

Many people in Finland have been angry because of the language of this film. When almost every word is "fuck", it's hard to watch a film? At least it's more realistic than bookish language from the 1950's movies. This film is very well made and its young cast is perfect for their roles. Still there is some failures which makes the movie look a bit awkward. The pictures are freakin' colourful anyway.

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