Frozen Land

Frozen Land (2005)

Paha maa

In the end things work out for the best, for all of us

When a schoolteacher is sacked, he projects his bad mood at his troubled teenage son. The son, in turn, buys a CD player from a pawnshop with counterfeit money. This starts a chain reaction of misery as every victim projects his problems on to another person.

Date of release
2005-01-14
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (70)
Runtime
2h 13m
Genres
Drama
Director
Aku Louhimies

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Forged Coupon and L'Argent
  • Awards: 5 · Nominations: 0. Including: Jussi Award for Best Film; Jussi Award for Best Supporting Actor; Jussi Award for Best Direction; Church of Sweden Film Award

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.

Production

Pamela Tola said this movie was a traumatic experience for her. Everything was fine until her character had to attempt suicide by jumping off the balcony. The drop to the ground on the mattress was 20 meters, but she refused to jump without auxiliary cables, and she couldn't do the required volts in the air because she had acrophobia. According to many eyewitnesses, Aku Louhimies was furious about this.

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