Samu Loijas

The River (2001)

Episodic study of feelings where six stories intertwine over one Saturday in a small town. Two boys save a young woman, Anni, and her baby from suicide by drowning. Esa, a down-on-his-luck musician in need of a loan, arrives to his father's 60th birthday party. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jarmo Lampela
CAST:  Sanna Hietala  •  Antti Ikkala  •  Jyri Ojansivu  •  Antti Mikkola

Episodic study of feelings where six stories intertwine over one Saturday in a small town. Two boys save a young woman, Anni, and her baby from suicide by drowning. Esa, a down-on-his-luck musician in need of a loan, arrives to his father's 60th birthday party. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jarmo Lampela
CAST:  Sanna Hietala  •  Antti Ikkala  •  Jyri Ojansivu  •  Antti Mikkola

White Rage (2015)

About Lauri, and through him the story of other victims of both school bullying and a separate childhood trauma: victims full of white rage, which may lead to school shootings and other extreme acts of violence. The film is also about our society: a society without ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arto Halonen
CAST:  Miro Mäkelä  •  Jouko Hokkanen  •  Linus Tuomenvirta  •  Samu Loijas

About Lauri, and through him the story of other victims of both school bullying and a separate childhood trauma: victims full of white rage, which may lead to school shootings and other extreme acts of violence. The film is also about our society: a society without ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arto Halonen
CAST:  Miro Mäkelä  •  Jouko Hokkanen  •  Linus Tuomenvirta  •  Samu Loijas