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
Juha Veijonen
Finland
Best movies:
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes (2006)
Upswing (2003)
Bad Boys (2003)
Laura Malmivaara
Finland
Best movies:
Frozen Land (2005)
Open Up to Me (2013)
Lovers & Leavers (2002)
Samuli Edelmann
Finland
Best movies:
Frozen Land (2005)
The Winter War (1989)
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
Markku Peltola
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Promise (2005)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Jorma Tommila
Finland
Best movies:
The Year of the Wolf (2007)
Priest of Evil (2010)
Sisu (2022)
Minna Turunen
Finland
Pekka Valkeejärvi
Finland
Best movies:
Frozen Land (2005)
8-Ball (2013)
Producing Adults (2004)
Kari Hietalahti
Finland
Best movies:
Promise (2005)
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes (2006)
Void (2018)
Jasper Pääkkönen
Finland
Best movies:
Frozen Land (2005)
Heart of Lion (2013)
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Santeri Kinnunen
Finland
Best movies:
The Winter War (1989)
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes (2006)
Run Sister Run! (2010)
Heli Sutela
Finland
Best movies:
Stars Above (2012)
Upswing (2003)
Georges Copeloussis
Best movies:
The Year of the Hare (1977)
Viktor Drevitski
Best movies:
The Grump (2014)
Jouko Klemettilä
Finland
Pekka Huotari
Best movies:
Promise (2005)
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes (2006)
Ambush (1999)
Tommi Korpela
Finland
Best movies:
Purge (2012)
The Home of Dark Butterflies (2008)
The Border (2007)
Jussi Lampi
Finland
Best movies:
Popular Music (2004)
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes (2006)
The Flight Before Christmas (2008)