FROZEN LAND aka PAHA MAA

Year: 2005
UK: ICA Films
Cast: Janne Virtanen, Susanna Anteroinen, Aada H�mes, Santtu Nuutinen, Viivi H�mes, Jari Pehkonen, Jarmo Keskivaari, Jukka Holm, Eric Le Roux, Juha Veijonen, Annele Lauri, Sari Havas, Pertti Sveholm, Matti Fredi Siitonen, Hanna-Riikka Siitonen, Börje Hiltunen, Katja Hedman, Kari Kuorikoski, Eija Riina Kurra, Marko Kanerva, Paavo Westerberg, Sakari Kovasiipi, Taimi Kaajasalo, Matti Malinen, Sirkku Laurila
Director: Aku Louhimies
Country: Finland
Language: Finnish (English subtitles)
UK: 127 mins
UK Certificate: 18 contains strong sex and one bloody image
UK Release Date: 13 October 2006 (Limited Release)


Synopsis

FROZEN LAND is a startlingly impressive Finnish film set against a bleak, but often darkly amusing, wintry world of drink and despair, where bad luck is passed on to a series of different people, all teetering on the edges of their lives. From a boozy rogue and a tormented cop through to a sad teacher and a troubled vacuum cleaner salesman, the film is provocative and absorbing.