Road North
2012 · Movie · 108 min · ★ 6.0
You may know the lovely cinema of garage-rock auteur Aki Kaurismäki, but his brother Mika is in fact just as prodigious a filmmaker who dexterously and with pleasure jumps from genre to genre. Here’s his Finnish take on the buddy comedy road movie, proving Americans hardly have a claim on the idea!
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Details
- Original title
- Tie pohjoiseen
- Years
- 2012
- Release date
- 2012-08-24
- Language
- FI
- Runtime
- 108 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (34 votes)
Themes
- sauna
- pianist
- estranged father
- road movie
- buddy comedy
- concert pianist
- absent parent
- father son relationship
- absent father
Cast & crew
Vesa-Matti Loiri
as Leo Porola
Samuli Edelmann
as Timo Porola
- LU
Leena Uotila
as Margit
Eija Vilpas
as Birgit
Pertti Sveholm
as Keke
Irina Pulkka
as Sanni
Krista Kosonen
as Elina
Mari Perankoski
as Minna Paakku
Peter Franzén
as Pertti Paakku
Eeva Litmanen
as Anja
Directed by Mika Kaurismäki