Movielogr
The River (2001)
Directed by Jarmo Lampela
Overview
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.
Length 111 minutes
Actors
Antti Ikkala | Jyri Ojansivu | Sanna Hietala | Tuukka Huttunen | Samu Loijas | Antti Mikkola | Jari Virman | Pekka Hannonen | Juha Kukkonen | Juha Varis | Marja Packalén | Ahti Jokinen | Liisa Vuori | Jani Karvinen | Pihla Penttinen | Ilkka Koivula | Heikki Rantanen | Johanna Kerttula | Jarkko Mikkola | Elina Hoffrén | Irja Matikainen | Veikko Mylly | Heidi Liimatainen | Paula Forsgren | Katja Kinnari | Heikki Pirhonen | Markus Ranta | Kaisa Niemelä | Kirsi Laamanen | Petra Karjalainen | Kauno Villberg | Mervi Koskinen | Martti Hakkarainen | Mika Lahtivuori | Jan Moberg | Jussi Rekonen | Iida Aho | Rimma Erkko | Martti Lahtinen | Ismo Kotro | Henri Mäkisalo | Erkki Teittinen | Ritva Sorvali | Kirsi Tarvainen | Emmi Pesonen | Tuisku Nivala | Jarmo Lampela