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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Finland ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
88 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Biographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1990 and produced in:
Finland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Mika Kaurismäki

Written By:
Mika Kaurismäki
Richard Reitinger

Actors:
Expedito Barreira ..... Dealer
Rae Dawn Chong ..... Paola
Robert Davi ..... Dan
Pirkko Hämäläinen ..... Susanne
Sidney Martins ..... Thief
Ana Mel ..... Black Whore
Esai Morales ..... Money Changer
Luis Otavio ..... Julio Cesar
Ruy Polanah ..... Lea
Aili Solvio ..... First Flight Customer
Abimael Tosin ..... Kari
Kari Väänänen

Synopsis:

Finnish director Mika Kaurismaki (who also co-wrote the screenplay) made his English-language feature debut with this tale of foreigners adrift in the treacherous labyrinth of the Brazilian jungle. Kari (Kari Vaananen) is driving down the Trans-Amazonica Highway -- actually a two-lane dirt road that leads out of Rio -- with his two small daughters, Nina (Minna Sovio) and Lea (Ailo Sovio). He is fleeing the Brazilian authorities and is already on the lam from his homeland for taking his wife off life support after a car accident left her in a coma. His car eventually runs out of gas, and the family is rescued by Dan (Robert Davi), a bitter American expatriate and bush pilot who involves Kari in a scheme to use an old bulldozer he has discovered for mining purposes. Dan's plan will wreak havoc with the already devastated rainforest, however, and Kari, under the influence of a native woman (Rae Dawn Chong), starts to doubt his involvement in the project. Good performances, an important message, and excellent photography are all wasted on a story that starts out well but becomes unbalanced when one of the main characters suddenly dies, practically eliminating any conflict or confrontation toward which the plot may have been building.

After his wife''s death, a Finnish bank employee departs with his two daughters for a new life in America but winds up in Brazil instead.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 06 May, 2008.

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