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It is winter in the mid-1970s in Tornio, a village near the northern border between Finland and Sweden. Esko is a boy with a lot of problems. He has succeeded in getting on the wrong side of his gang.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 63GoodWatch 62
IMDb6.3
Running time
1 h 34 min
Shorter than most dramas, −15 min on the typical 109
typical 10994Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
2002
October 4, 2002
24 years ago
Genres
DramaComedyLanguage
Finnish
Original language
Also spoken
SwedishMade in
- Finland
Sweden
and 7 more32 people
- Miikka EnbuskeEsko
- ELEmil LundbergPatrick
- Heikki HelaEskon Isä Toivo
- Maija JunnoEskon Äiti Aino
- Arttu KapulainenEskon isoveli Juhani
- Sulevi PeltolaEskon isoisä
- Ralph CarlssonPatrickin isä
- LHLina HofverbergHelene
- JHJoe HamariSauli
- MLMikko LamminenEskon kaveri
- JLJoonas LipponenEskon kaveri
- PSPetteri SiimesEskon kaveri
- VKVille KotajärviEskon kaveri
- MKMika KoskiKenneth
- JAJouni Alasaukko-ojaRuotsalaisen jengin jäsen
- NPNiklas PelliRuotsalaisen jengin jäsen
- ARAndreas RiestolaRuotsalaisen jengin jäsen
- MWMattias WiklundRuotsalaisen jengin jäsen
- HRHeikki RättyäBändin jäsen
- RHRauno HemminkiBändin jäsen
- RRRiku RousuBändin jäsen
- RMRistomatti MyllylahtiBändin jäsen
- Janne HyytiäinenMartti, Saulin isä
- RKReijo KontioEsko Keränen
Directing · 3
- Arto Koskinen Director, Writer
- Kimmo Taavila Assistant Director
- Sanna Östman Script Supervisor
Writing · 2
- Antti Karumo Script Consultant
- Sakari Kirjavainen Script Consultant
Production · 7
- Claes Olsson Producer
- Leila Lyytikäinen Production Assistant
- Per-Erik Svensson Co-Producer
- Markku Tuurna Production Manager
- Göran Lindström Co-Producer
- Jukki Tuura Unit Manager
Camera · 4
- Hans Welin Director of Photography
- Petri Anttonen Grip
- Solveig Warner First Assistant Camera
- Juge Heikkilä Second Assistant Camera
Editing · 4
- Kauko Lindfors Editor
- Päivi Hurskainen Negative Cutter
- Marko Terävä Colorist
- Petteri Linnus Online Editor, VFX Artist
Sound · 6
- Samuli Laiho Original Music Composer, Music Producer, Conductor
- Olli Pärnänen Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer
- Santtu Sierilä Sound Recordist
- Jyrki Rahkonen Sound
- Mark Kenna Dolby Consultant
- Jokke Heikkilä Sound Editor
Art · 6
- Risto Karhula Production Design
- Mikko Paara Property Master
- Jukka-Pekka Aalto Assistant Set Designer
- Petri Neuvonen Set Decoration
- Janne Uotila Graphic Designer
- Kristian Schmidt Assistant Set Designer
Costume & Make-Up · 9
- Karin Sundvall Costume Design
- Elina Kolehmainen Costume Design
- Leila Mäkynen Makeup Designer, Hairstylist
- Pauliina Hanninen Assistant Makeup Artist
- Hanna Ketola Costume Assistant
- Kaisa Pulkkinen Hairstylist
Visual Effects · 3
- Tuomo Hintikka VFX Artist
- Sam Shingler VFX Artist
- Jari Hakala VFX Artist
Lighting · 1
- Tazu Ovaska Lighting Technician
Other crew · 4
- Juha Pursiainen Stunt Coordinator
- Reijo Kontio Stunts
- Aleksi Isomäki Stunts
- Jouni Kivimäki Stunts
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