The world of a 16-year-old small-town girl Evelina collapses when she finds out her mother is having an affair with a woman. Like all teens, Evelina thinks liberally, and wants her own freedom of thought and action. However, that thinking does not really extend to her own parents. Trying to stop her mother’s affair at all costs and get her parents to fall in love again, she comes up with a lie that brings about both dramatic and comedic consequences.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 42 min.
- Country, year
- Finland, 2022
- Genre
- Drama, Comedy
- Language
- Finnish, English
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- Pegi 13
Credits
- Director
- Aleksi Salmenperä
- Screenplay
- Aleksi Salmenperä, Reeta Ruotsalainen
- Producers
- Minna Haapkylä
- Cinematography
- Peter Flinckenberg
- Music
- Joakim Berghäll
- Cast
- Stella Leppikorpi, Minna Haapkylä, Tommi Korpela, Anna-Maija Tuokko, Amos Brotherus, Eedit Patrakka, Saimi Kahri
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- Best Newcomer
Director
Aleksi Salmenperä
Aleksi Salmenperä graduated from the Helsinki University of Art and Design. His works have premiered in major film festivals such as Berlinale (A Bad Family, 2009), Hot Docs (Alasca Highway, 2013) and San Sebastian (A Man’s Job, 2007). He won the Jussi Award for Best Director with Distractions (2015), and with The Mine (2016) he was nominated for the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film at Göteborg Film Festival.
