The River
Joki
Drama
Romance
Episodic study of feelings where six stories intertwine over one Saturday in a small town. Two boys save a young woman, Anni, and her baby from suicide by drowning. Esa, a down-on-his-luck musician in need of a loan, arrives to his father's 60th birthday party. Waitress Leena tries to stir up a romance between her co-workers at a pizza parlor. Middle-aged Ilpo comes home early from the paper mill and finds a strange man in their bedroom. Old Milja waits for her daughter Merja at the hospital where she is visiting her terminally ill husband Henri. Teenage Santeri tries to cope with his homosexuality.
2001-09-14
fi
Cast
Director
Jarmo Lampela
Jyri Ojansivu as Janne
Sanna Hietala as Anni
Tuukka Huttunen as Teppo, Annin entinen mies
Antti Mikkola as Santeri
Jari Virman as Eero
Juha Kukkonen as Esa, muusikko
Juha Varis as Hannu, Esan veli
Marja Packalén as Raili, Esan ja Hannun äiti
Ahti Jokinen as Olli, Esan ja Hannun isä
Pihla Penttinen as Virve, pizzerian tarjoilija
Ilkka Koivula as Erkka Koskensuu, pizzakokki
Kirsi Tarvainen as 1. sairaanhoitaja
Jarmo Lampela as Lauluääni porraskäytävässä (voice) (as Toni Clifton)