The River

Release date: 09/14/2001

Budget: $1,000,000

Genres:

Drama, Romance

Countries:

Finland

Rating:

6.3

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.

Actors

Jyri Ojansivu

Janne

Sanna Hietala

Anni

Tuukka Huttunen

Teppo, Annin entinen mies

Antti Mikkola

Santeri

Jari Virman

Eero

Juha Kukkonen

Esa, muusikko

Juha Varis

Hannu, Esan veli

Marja Packalén

Raili, Esan ja Hannun äiti

Pihla Penttinen

Virve, pizzerian tarjoilija

Ilkka Koivula

Erkka Koskensuu, pizzakokki

Kirsi Tarvainen

1. sairaanhoitaja

Jarmo Lampela

Lauluääni porraskäytävässä (voice) (as Toni Clifton)

The River

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