Directed by:
Aleksi MäkeläScreenplay:
Pekka LehtosaariCinematography:
Pini HellstedtComposer:
Kalle ChydeniusCast:
Juha Veijonen, Laura Malmivaara, Samuli Edelmann, Jari Halonen, Markku Peltola, Jorma Tommila, Minna Turunen, Pekka Valkeejärvi, Kari Hietalahti (more)Plots(1)
Reijo Mäki is Finland's most popular writer of detective novels, and Jussi Vares - private eye hero of these widely-read stories - is a man for whom life is never simple. On the trail of a woman, Vares finds himself caught up with underworld characters who are on the trail of hidden millions, skimmed from Russian Mafia operations. The resulting tangle of deceit, sex and intrigue climaxes in explosive action, set against a backdrop of unending rain.
And human life is not worth much in comparison. When his back is against the wall, Vares is a man of action, driven by a strange sense of chivalry. This weighs more in the scales than his own life. The toughest movie thriller ever made in Finland brings Reijo Mäki´s down-to-earth hero to the screen – a man with a liking for liquor and an eye for a beautiful woman. In the merciless duel which follows the rain washes away the blood – and death is never far. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Tero Jartti
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes (2006)
Ambush (1999)
Petri Manninen
Finland
Best movies:
The Eternal Road (2017)
Ambush (1999)
Priest of Evil (2010)
Sulevi Peltola
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Promise (2005)
Frozen Land (2005)
Svante Martin
Finland
Best movies:
Beyond Enemy Lines (2004)
Arn: The Knight Templar (2007)
Wolf (2008)
Tuula Nyman
Finland
Best movies:
The Snow Queen (1986)
Popular Music (2004)
Tarja Saikkonen
Best movies:
One-way Ticket to Mombasa (2002)
Restless (2000)
Beauty and the Bastard (2005)
Oiva Lohtander
Finland
Best movies:
The Year of the Wolf (2007)
Bad Boys (2003)
Pauliina Hukkanen
Finland
Best movies:
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes (2006)
Niko Saarela
Finland
Best movies:
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes (2006)
Bad Boys (2003)
Run Sister Run! (2010)
Jorma Sairanen
Finland
Best movies:
The Home of Dark Butterflies (2008)
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes (2006)
Tapio Kouki
Finland
Mikko Takala
Best movies:
Dark Floors (2008)