In the mid-1960s, three small-time Finnish bootleggers seize control of their Helsinki neighborhood's black-market liquor business.
Acting
Franzén's Krisu—charismatic, doomed, impossible to look away from.
Production
Period Helsinki so grimy you can practically smell the moonshine.
Director
Aleksi Mäkelä
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on real 1960s Helsinki crime boss 'Kontula Klaus'—the neighborhood still whispers about him.
Finland's 1969 alcohol law liberalization killed this black market overnight; the film mourns an entire criminal economy.
FI
