A movie inspired by a true crime - the coldblooded Heino double murder, committed by a group of teenagers - that shocked Finland in 2001.
Acting
Non-professional cast delivers chilling naturalism.
Direction
Lehto refuses to sensationalize the unsensationalizable.
Director
Pekka Lehto
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 2001 Heino murders shattered Finland's self-image as immune to senseless youth violence, sparking national soul-searching about online radicalization and desensitization.
Director Lehto cast actual friends of the real perpetrators' age group, some of whom knew the original case locations; several walked off set during the recreation scenes.
FI
