"We made a deal. You broke it." Samuel Goldwyn has revealed the official US trailer for a Finnish action thriller titled Attack on Finland, which is the international release title. It also goes under Omerta 6/12 or 6/12, which is a reference to December 6 the Finnish Independence Day. A celebration during the holiday in Finland takes a tragic turn when the Presidential Palace is attacked and the president is taken hostage. Soon it is clear that the main target behind the attack is a plan to destabilize the security of Europe. That sounds a lot like Finland's version of Olympus Has Fallen or White House Down. The action film's cast includes Jasper Pääkkönen, Nanna Blondell, Sverrir Gudnason, Cathy Belton, Nika Savolainen, Pertti Sveholm, Juhan Ulfsak, Zijad Gracic, Miodrag Stojanović, and Dragomir Mrsic. This looks hyper-stylized and intense, but it also feels a bit made-for-tv in quality. Still may be an entertaining watch.
- 5/31/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Mika Kaurismäki's latest film is a largely improvised affair set against the backdrop of Covid pandemic, which sees three men chew the fat over the course of May Day night.
Each of the men - Heikki (Pertti Sveholm), Risto (Kari Heiskanen) and Juhani (Timo Torikka) - is introduced to us earlier in the day, an accomplished bit of, largely, visual storytelling which acts as a welcome open contrast to the bulk of the film which leans heavily on dialogue. Risto, is a doctor, who has just had bad news about a patient, Juhani, a man who has received a disturbing phone call and Juhani is busily taking matters into his own hands regarding the future of his bar, which is in Covid lockdown - in one of several sly and dry nods to the virus, a bottle of Corona advert flashes above the door.
While Heikki contemplates his next move over food.
Each of the men - Heikki (Pertti Sveholm), Risto (Kari Heiskanen) and Juhani (Timo Torikka) - is introduced to us earlier in the day, an accomplished bit of, largely, visual storytelling which acts as a welcome open contrast to the bulk of the film which leans heavily on dialogue. Risto, is a doctor, who has just had bad news about a patient, Juhani, a man who has received a disturbing phone call and Juhani is busily taking matters into his own hands regarding the future of his bar, which is in Covid lockdown - in one of several sly and dry nods to the virus, a bottle of Corona advert flashes above the door.
While Heikki contemplates his next move over food.
- 11/25/2020
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The film plays in competition at Tallinn Black Nights next month.
The Yellow Affair has boarded world sales for Mika Kaurismäki’s Gracious Night, which will screen in competition at the 24th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (November 13-29).
Gracious Night is about three men who bond over a long night of fine wine and intellectual discussion, on what could be the final night for a Helsinki bar under serious financial pressure during lockdown.
The barman serves his friend, a frontline healthcare worker who worked a tragedy-filled shift. A stranger comes in looking for a phone charger and they worry...
The Yellow Affair has boarded world sales for Mika Kaurismäki’s Gracious Night, which will screen in competition at the 24th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (November 13-29).
Gracious Night is about three men who bond over a long night of fine wine and intellectual discussion, on what could be the final night for a Helsinki bar under serious financial pressure during lockdown.
The barman serves his friend, a frontline healthcare worker who worked a tragedy-filled shift. A stranger comes in looking for a phone charger and they worry...
- 10/22/2020
- by Wendy Mitchell
- ScreenDaily
After successfully collaborating on 2015’s fact-inspired “The Fencer,” Finnish director Klaus Haro and scenarist Anna Heinamaa reteam for another low-key wade into feel-good dramatic terrain with “One Last Deal.” This wholly fictive tale centers on an elderly Helinski gallery owner, whose attempt to pull off a final sales coup before retiring, ends up enlisting help from — and mending relations with — his semi-estranged daughter and grandson. Restraint early pays off in emotional rewards later for what’s essentially a formulaic curmudgeon-redeemed-despite-himself tearjerker. Among the more popular titles this year among Palm Springs’ older-skewing festival-goers, it could capitalize on that appeal in offshore sales while also offering remake potential to overseas admirers.
Olavi is a widower who devotes all his time to his business, and probably always has. But that business is not doing particularly well: Online sales have seriously cut into storefront enterprises such as his own, and he’s so...
Olavi is a widower who devotes all his time to his business, and probably always has. But that business is not doing particularly well: Online sales have seriously cut into storefront enterprises such as his own, and he’s so...
- 2/12/2019
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
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