A Finnish coward flees to Norway and discovers violence has a passport.
Story of Jari, a misfit and coward who, after hitting his girlfriend escapes to a fish factory in Norway. There he meets Heikki, who works for the same company. However, the violence follows Jon in Norway too.
Acting
Kari Väänänen's cringe-inducing cowardice is painfully real.
Production
Fish factory setting reeks of authentic Nordic miserablism.
Director
Jaakko Pyhälä
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of 1980s Finnish 'loser cinema' that dissected broken masculinity long before toxic masculinity became a buzzword. Pyhälä was obsessed with men who fail upward into worse disasters.
Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finland's beloved comedian, plays against type as Heikki — audiences expecting laughs walked into existential dread. The fish factory was a real working facility, crew included actual workers.
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