Law of the land

Armoton maa

A remote Finnish village in Lapland, just across the Swedish border. A retiring police officer learns that his illegitimate son has been released from prison and is terrorizing the area.

The young man has found out the big family secret and seeks for revenge by assaulting people close to the police officer – including his other legitimate son. The hatred between the two brothers leaves the area in a state of vengeance and violence forcing the villagers to take the law in their own hands. While trying to prevent the brothers from killing each other, the police officer is forced to face his past mistakes.

The final showdown takes place in the arctic desert of the North."

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INFO

Movie title

Law of the land

Original title

Armoton maa

Production year

2017

Genre

Drama

Length

90 min

Languages

Finnish, Swedish

Director

Jussi Hiltunen

Screenplay

Jussi Hiltunen

Cast

Lasse

Ville Virtanen

Jaakko

Antti Holma

Erkki

Mikko Neuvonen

Inkeri

Outi Mäenpää

Cindy

Malin Buska

Britta

Pernilla August

Gunnar

Jørgen Langhelle

Crew

Director of Photography

Tuomo Hutri F.S.C.

Costume Design

Nina Erdahl

Production Design

Markku Pätilä

Editing

Kimmo Taavila

Sound Design

Seppo Vanhatalo, Ivo Felt

Music

Kirka Sainio

Produced by

Kai Nordberg, Kaarle Aho

Awards

BEST DIRECTING
INTERNATIONAL DEBUT FILM FESTIVAL THE BEGINNING, SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA 2017

JURY PRIZE
FESTIVAL NUOVO CINEMA EUROPA, ITALY 2018

Festivals

Kosmorama International Film Festival, Norway 2017

Shanghai International Film Festival, Panorama, China 2017

Mill Valley International Film Festival, USA 2017

Cape Town International Film Market and Festival, South-Africa 2017
Internationales Filmfest Braunschweig, Cermany 2017
Camerimage, Poland 2017
Finnish Film Week in Saint Petersburg, Russia 2017
Finnish Film Festival Singapore, Singapore 2018
Nuovo Cinema Europa Festival, Italy 2018
Cinergia Film Festival, Poland 2018

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