The 18-year-old girls Jessica, Jenny, Taru and Aino are on the verge of adulthood as they lose their innocence and, at times, their faith. Other Girls is a survival story about those moments when life gives you a brutal kick, but you decide to kick back. Hard! In 2011 four 18-year-old girls from Helsinki kept provocative video diaries about their lives during the course of a year. Other Girls is a fictional film based on true events.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 23 min.
- Country, year
- Finland, 2015
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- Finnish
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Esa Illi
- Screenplay
- Esa Illi
- Cinematography
- Henri ‘Hena’ Blomberg
- Cast
- Ida Vakkuri, Bahar Tokat, Misa Lommi, Sara Soulié
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Director
Esa Illi
Esa Illi was born in 1962. He has been working in the Finnish film industry since his graduation from the University of Art and Design Helsinki in 1994. His work ranges from documentaries to TV drama and feature films. He also teaches acting, directing and screenwriting at the University of Tampere in Finland. Other Girls is E. Illi’s fourth feature following Monkey Business (2000), Brothers (2003) and Jungle Of Dreams (2008).
