Lapland Odyssey
Comedy / Road Movie (2010)
Jussi Vatanen, Jasper Pääkkönen, Timo Lavikainen, Pamela Tola
Hip, fresh and wildly funny, Dome Karukoski's Lapland Odyssey is a Finnish cousin to Harold and Kumar and Fubar.
Director Dome Karukoski was born in Nicosia, Cyprus and moved to Finland in his childhood. In addition to Lapland Odyssey he directed the award-winning features Beauty and the Bastard (2005), The Home of Dark Butterflies (2007) and Forbidden Fruit (2009).
Lapland Odyssey premiered at the Toronto Film Festival 2010, and was the most watched film in Finland in 2010.
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Janne, a man from Lapland in northern Finland, is a man who has made a career out of living on welfare. Inari, his girlfriend, is tired of Janne's incapability of getting a grip on life. Janne wasn't even able to buy a digital TV box that Inari had given money for. Inari gives an ultimatum: a digital box needs to arrive by dawn or she leaves. Janne sets out into the night with his two friends to find a box. On their way to the city of Rovaniemi, Janne and his friends face many challenges, obstacles and temptations. They learn that they need to be daring. There´s no room to give into bitterness. The most important thing isn't success, but rather the journey in itself. |
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CAST |
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| Jussi Vatanen, Jasper Pääkkönen, Timo Lavikainen, Pamela Tola | |
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| Genre : | Comedy / Road Movie |
| Tagline : | A comedy about a place where the sun never shines |
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| Runtime : | 92 min |
| Languages : | PROJECT_LANGUAGE |
| Completion : | 2010 |
| Release : | 2010 |
| Status : | Released |
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| Director : | Dome Karukoski |
| Producers : | Aleksi Bardy |
| Co-Producers : | Jacqueline Kerrin, Dominic Wright, Martin Persson |
| Script Writer : | Pekko Pesonen |
| Music : | Lance Hogan |
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| The Yellow Affair Stockholm office: Götgatan 9, SE-11646, Stockholm, Sweden. Tel/Fax: +46 8 645 1212 Helsinki office: Pälkäneentie 19 A, 2. floor, FI- 00510 Helsinki, Finland. Tel: +358 50 3600 350 www.yellowaffair.com |
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2010 Toronto Film Festival, USA (World Premiere) 2010 Helsinki International Film Festival Love & Anarchy, Finland 2010 Lubeck Nordic Film Days, Germany 2011 Alpe d'Huez Festival de l’Alpe d’Huez, France 2011 Dublin Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, Ireland (Irish Premiere) 2011 Breda International Film Festival, Netherlands 2011 Philadelphia Cinefest, USA 2011 Copenhagen CPH PIX, Denmark 2011 Trento Film Festival, Italy 2011 Tróia Festróia, Portugal 2011 Shanghai International Film Festival, China 2011 Sodankylä Midnight Sun Film Festival, Finland 2011 Brussels Film Festival, Belgium 2011 Odessa International Film Festival, Ukraine 2011 Palic Film Festival, Serbia 2011 Montreal Fantasia International Film Festival, Canada |
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Winner of 4 Jussi Awards (Finland 2011) Best Film (Aleksi Bardy),
Best Director (Dome Karukosi),
Best Screenplay (Pekko Pesonen),
The Audience Award 2 Jussi Awards Nominations Best Actor (Janne Vatanen), Best Wardrobe (Anna Vilppunen) Irish Film and Television Awards 2011Nominated for Best Original Score (Lance Hogan) Festival de l’Alpe d’Huez (France, 2011)Winner Grand Prix, Winner Prize of the Professional Jury Philadelphia Cinefest (U.S.A., 2011)Winner Jury Award - Best Feature Festróia (Portugal, 2011)Winner Silver Dolphin Award - Best Cinematography, Nominated, Golden Dolphin Award - Best Film |
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