Film detail | Almost 18

Kohta 18


International of Competition of European First Films




Country: Finland
Language: Finnish
Subtitles: Anglické, české
Directed by: Maarit Lalli
Year: 2012
Length: 110`
Rating: 16
Screenplay: Henrik Mäki-Tanila, Maarit Lalli
Director of Photography: Rauno Ronkainen
Music: Kepa Lehtinen
Edited by: Jenny Tervakari, Maarit Lalli Sound Design: Pasi Peni
Production: Huh Huh -Filmi Oy

Synopsis: KARRI takes his last driving lesson; his own mother is the instructor. The wheel turns the wrong way, and she smells alcohol on her son's breath. PETE tries to console his girlfriend after she takes an abortion pill, but he needs consoling as well. ANDRÉ has to pick up his little brother from kindergarten because his mother is "working extra hours"; she later comes home drunk with a coworker in her arms. AKSELI goes to the country to stay with his grandparents. Unbeknownst to him, they've also invited his father, an ex-alcoholic. JONI has a summer job at an amusement park as a wolf who attracts all teenage girls to his furry arms. After hours he works as a stripper for grown-up ladies to finance his drug habits.

Maarit Lalli: Maarit Lalli (1964) is a Finnish screenwriter and director. She first focused her attention on short film productions, shooting, e.g., the films A Stone Left Unturned (Kovat miehet, 1999), The Lake (Järvi, 2006) and Sway With Me (Keinu kanssain, 2009). She is also the author of the documentary Prison and Paradise (Saaren vangit, 2002). She's also worked in TV, where she took part in the making of series. The drama Almost 18 (Kohta 18, 2012) is her feature-length debut.

Where and when Almost 18 is screened

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Golden Apple Cinema, č. 3May 29th at 17:20N/A

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