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29/06/2018 Romance, Drama 1h 48m
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Overview

Having moved to Paris for university, Leevi returns to his native Finland for the summer to help his estranged father renovate the family lake house so it can be sold. Tareq, a recent asylum seeker from Syria, has been hired to help with the work, and when Leevi's father has to return to town on business, the two young men establish a connection and embark on a romance set against the idyllic Finnish summer. However, looming over this chance encounter, is the father's imminent return to the lake house, the continuation of Leevi's studies abroad as well as Tareq's complex relationship with his family in Syria.

  1. Mikko Mäkelä

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Janne Puustinen

    Leevi

  2. Boodi Kabbani

    Tareq

  3. Mika Melender

    Jouko

  4. Virpi Rautsiala

    Pirjo

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-03-27
To be honest, I was slightly uncomfortable watching this - I felt as if I were intruding on something intimate and private! It's a gentle, enveloping, tale of two men who are working on a dilapidated Finnish summer house. The father of one of the men has to, frequently, leave them to their travails and slowly the two bond. Janne Puustinen is "Leevi", who is studying literature in Paris but has come back for a holiday to help his father restore their property so they can sell it; Boodi Kabbani is "Tareq" - is a Syrian refugee who is engaged as handyman. Their developing relationship is sincere ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Finnish

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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