Directed by:
Mika KaurismäkiCinematography:
Jari MutikainenCast:
Vesa-Matti Loiri, Samuli Edelmann, Leena Uotila, Eija Vilpas, Pertti Sveholm, Irina Pulkka, Krista Kosonen, Mari Perankoski, Peter Franzén, Eeva Litmanen (more)Plots(1)
Timo is an esteemed concert pianist whose personal life is on the rocks. One day he finds an older shabby-looking man at his door. The man, Leo, turns out to be his father who left the country when Timo was 3-and hasn't been in touch for 35 years. Leo, an eternal trickster with a positive outlook on life, had to leave his homeland thanks to a series of messy entanglements. Now he's come back to hand over a rather mysterious legacy to his son and answer questions regarding the past. To do this the two will have to embark on a trip together and hit the road north. What starts out as a comical and quirky clash of personalities ends up as an emotional revelation, as the two men inadvertently help each other to come to terms with their own failings. (KinoSmith)
(more)Cast
Vesa-Matti Loiri
Finland
Best movies:
The Boys (1962)
Bad Boys (2003)
Road North (2012)
Samuli Edelmann
Finland
Best movies:
Frozen Land (2005)
The Winter War (1989)
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
Leena Uotila
Finland
Best movies:
Ladies of Steel (2020)
Road North (2012)
The Human Part (2018)
Eija Vilpas
Finland
Best movies:
The Worthless (1982)
Cha Cha Cha (1989)
Road North (2012)
Pertti Sveholm
Finland
Best movies:
Promise (2005)
Frozen Land (2005)
The Winter War (1989)
Irina Pulkka
Finland
Best movies:
Upswing (2003)
Road North (2012)
Eden (2020)
Krista Kosonen
Finland
Best movies:
Purge (2012)
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
The Year of the Wolf (2007)
Mari Perankoski
Finland
Best movies:
The Grump (2014)
Road North (2012)
The House of Branching Love (2009)
Peter Franzén
Finland
Best movies:
Purge (2012)
Heart of Lion (2013)
Ailo's Journey (2018) - narrator
Eeva Litmanen
Finland
Best movies:
Heart of Lion (2013)
Bad Boys (2003)
Road North (2012)
Amira Khalifa
Finland
Best movies:
Road North (2012)
Addiction – When Nothing Is Enough (2004)
Eila Roine
Finland
Best movies:
Road North (2012)
21 Ways to Ruin a Marriage (2013)
Jukka Virtanen
Finland
Best movies:
The Other Side of Hope (2017)
Road North (2012)
Emilia Sinisalo
Best movies:
Thomas (2008) (TV movie)
Black Ice (2007)
Road North (2012)
Marja-Leena Kouki
Finland
Best movies:
Thomas (2008) (TV movie)
Road North (2012)
Lovers & Leavers (2002)
Elina Knihtilä
Finland
Best movies:
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes (2006)
The Other Side of Hope (2017)
False Trail (2011)
Ada Kukkonen
Best movies:
Forbidden Fruit (2009)
Road North (2012)
Run Sister Run! (2010)
Irina Björklund
Sweden
Best movies:
Stars Above (2012)
The Eternal Road (2017)
Ambush (1999)
Kristo Salminen
Finland
Best movies:
The Snow Queen (1986)
Naked Harbour (2012)
Silence (2011)
Minni Laakso
Best movies:
Road North (2012)