In the 1970s, a 12-year-old boy Esko lives in Tornio, northern Finland, a town bordering Sweden across the river. Esko befriends a Swedish boy, Pate, and learns to share his obsession for Harry Houdini, the legendary escape artist. While standing handcuffed on the railway bridge, contemplating a stunt jump into the icy river, he reminisces the dramatic events of the summer before. For the viewer, his problems are presented with warm humour # gang fights, feeling guilty for lying, Father losing his job, Mother losing her nerves, not to mention Grandfather having lost his willingness to speak since a traumatic war experience 30 years earlier. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 6.3/10 | |
Released: | October 4, 2002 | |
Runtime: | 94 min | |
Genres: | Drama Comedy Family | |
Countries: | Finland Sweden France | |
Companies: | Kinoproduction Eurimages Filmpool Nord | |
Cast: | Heikki Hela Maija Junno Miikka Enbuske | |
Crew: | Arto Koskinen | |
mkmikas : robert downey jrs sherlock would have made a good bene gesserit with those montage