Frozen Land
In the end things work out for the best, for all of us
- 2005
- 2h 13m
- Drama
Rating: 6.8 out of 10TMDB(70 votes)
Overview
When a schoolteacher is sacked, he projects his bad mood at his troubled teenage son. The son, in turn, buys a CD player from a pawnshop with counterfeit money. This starts a chain reaction of misery as every victim projects his problems on to another person.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won 5 awards, including the Jussi Award for Best Film (2006) and the Dragon Award Best Nordic Film (2005)
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Box office
Made on a $2M budget
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Based on
Based on The Forged Coupon and L'Argent
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Rauno Ronkainen
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Paavo WesterbergWriter
- Jari RantalaWriter
- Aku LouhimiesWriter
- Leo TolstoyNovel
- Original title
- Paha maa
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 14, 2005
- Original language
- Finnish
- Budget
- $2M
- Countries
- Finland
Production
Cast
Jasper PääkkönenNiko Smolander
Mikko LeppilampiTuomas Mikael Saraste
Pamela TolaElina Oravisto
Petteri SummanenAntti Arhamo
Matleena KuusniemiHannele Arhamo
Mikko KoukiIsto Virtanen
Sulevi PeltolaTeuvo 'Teukka' Hurskainen
Pertti SveholmPertti Smolander
Samuli Edelmann'Jartsa' Matikainen
Saara PakkasvirtaKauppiaan äiti
Pekka ValkeejärviKauppias- Susanna AnteroinenRehtori
- Niklas HellakoskiKonsta
- Emilia SuoperäMaria
- Jonathan KajanderJoonatan 'Jonttu' Arhamo
Paavo WesterbergOiva- Zoja SazonovSilja, strippari
- Eija KoskimaaSirkku
- Jerry WahlforssMacke
- Nora KajantieMonica
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