PAHA MAA
Original Title |
Paha maa |
Also Known As |
Frozen Land (International: English title) |
Director |
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Genre |
Drama |
Country of origin |
Finland |
Language spoken |
Finnish |
Year of production |
2005 |
Admissions |
Over 170,000 in Finland |
Production |
Solar Films Inc Oy |
Domestic Distribution/World Sales |
Buena Vista Int. Finland Oy/Birch Tree Entertainment, Inc. |
Domestic Release |
14 January 2005 |
Official Website |
www.solarfilms.com |
Awards |
Göteborg Film Festival year: 2005 year: 2005 year: 2005 Moscow International Film Festival |
List of European Distributors
Release Date |
Countries |
Distributor |
3 February 2005 |
Sweden (Gothenburg Film Festival) |
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Synopsis
Tuomas is a young computer hacker who wishes
to accomplish something significant and useful to the society.
Tuomas´s best friend Niko has more of a rock mentality than him, leading a
more hedonistic life in the world of drugs and alcohol.
About 20 years old, Elina is a brave and intelligent young activist studying
history and political science at the university. Elina and Tuomas have had
a happy relationship for over a year and are planning to get married.
A chain reaction of events starts after Niko forges a 500 euro note. In the
film´s other plot, the attack planned by Tuomas and Elina on an information
network has grave consequences.
Frozen Land is an intense, fast-paced and realistic depiction of today´s Finland.
It contains several dramatic and tragic events and plenty of action, but also
warmth.
The film has an episodic structure, where the stories are not always linked
to each other in a chronological order.