Concrete Night ( Betoniyö )

Concrete Night (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Betoniyö
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Toronto International Film Festival

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Finnish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Finland ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
92 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White

Movie filmed in 2013 and produced in:
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Finland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Sweden ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Pirjo Honkasalo

Written By:
Pirjo Honkasalo
Pirkko Saisio

Actors:
Johannes Brotherus ..... Simo
Jari Virman ..... Ilkka
Anneli Karppinen ..... Mother
Juhan Ulfsak ..... Man
Alex Anton ..... Jusa
Iida Kuningas ..... Veera
Pauli Poranen ..... Taxi driver
Mauno Paajanen ..... Twiggy
Rea Mauranen ..... Woman
Teijo Eloranta ..... Man with grey hair
Hannele Nieminen ..... Waitress
Arto Oskar Reunanen ..... The drunkard in the metro
Timo Välisaari ..... Tsali

Synopsis:

Finnish master Pirjo Honkasalo's feverish, visually amazing Concrete Night, a glimpse at the imaginative life of a fourteen year-old boy called Simo, is an aesthetic tour de force - an emotionally devastating work about what we pass on to younger generations, and the ways we do it. Set during summer in a stifling Helsinki slum, Concrete Night features creepily precise black-and-white cinematography and a muted soundscape to create a claustrophobic sense of dread. The unmoored setting perfectly reflects Simo's anxiety and confusion about the world around him.

Concrete Night opens in a cramped, concrete-jungle home. The elder of the two brothers is getting ready to go and serve his prison sentence. During his last 24 hours of freedom, his little brother follows the brother he admires through the fateful sights of that night.

A fourteen-year-old boy in a stifling Helsinki slum takes some unwise life lessons from his soon-to-be-incarcerated older brother.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 29 April, 2014.

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