The River (2001)

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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. Waitress Leena tries to stir up a romance between her co-workers at a pizza parlor. Middle-aged Ilpo comes home early from the paper mill and finds a strange man in their bedroom. Old Milja waits for her daughter Merja at the hospital where she is visiting her terminally ill husband Henri. Teenage Santeri tries to cope with his homosexuality.

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

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Cast & Characters

Sanna Hietala Anni
Antti Ikkala Kimmo
Jyri Ojansivu Janne
Antti Mikkola Santeri
Heidi Liimatainen Johanna
Samu Loijas Loponen, Tepon ystävä
Pekka Hannonen Mikko
Paula Forsgren Santeri's mother
Jari Virman Eero
Katja Kinnari Kaisa
Tuukka Huttunen Teppo, Annin entinen mies
Juha Kukkonen Esa, muusikko

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