Frozen Land
Frozen Land is a 2005 Finnish drama film directed and written by Aku Louhimies starring Jasper Pääkkönen, Mikko Leppilampi and Pamela Tola. The film's plot is based on Leo Tolstoy's 1911 posthumously published story "The Forged Coupon", part one, which was also the basis for Robert Bresson's 1983 film L'Argent.
Plot
When a schoolteacher gets fired from his teaching job (at the same time, Antti joins as a new teacher) he projects his bad mood at his troubled teenage son Niko (Jasper Pääkkönen) and evicts Niko from his apartment. On New Year's Eve, high on drugs, Niko forges a 500 euro banknote at his friend Tuomas' other friend's party and buys a CD player from a pawnshop since his father has sold the old one to get money for alcohol. Seeing a counterfeit 500-euro banknote, the shop owner gets furious and beats the woman Niko had paid with the counterfeit money. When, Isto Virtanen sells his widescreen TV to the same store, the shop owner offers 510 euros and puts in the counterfeit note. When Isto pays with the counterfeit 500 euro note at a restaurant, he gets arrested. When Isto gets out of, he finds out that his car has ended up being vandalized.
Awards
Cast
- Aleksi Mäkelä
- Anna-Leena Härkönen
- Harri-Pekka Virkki
- Heikki Nousiainen
- Janne Virtanen
- Jari Rantala
- Jarmo Hyttinen
- Jasper Pääkkönen
- Jerry Wahlforss
- Laura Malmivaara
- Martti Syrjä
- Matleena Kuusniemi
- Mats Långbacka
- Mikko Kouki
- Mikko Leppilampi
- Paavo Westerberg
- Pamela Tola
- Pekka Valkeejärvi
- Pertti Sveholm
- Petteri Summanen
- Saara Pakkasvirta
- Samuli Edelmann
- Sue Willberg
- Susanna Mikkonen
- Veli-Pekka Hänninen
- Vesa Vierikko