PAHA MAA 

Original Title

Paha maa

Also Known As

Frozen Land (International: English title)

Director

Aku Louhimies

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
result: won
award: Church of Sweden Film Award
category/recipient: Aku Louhimies

year: 2005
result: won
award: FIPRESCI Prize
category/recipient: Aku Louhimies

year: 2005
result: won
award: Nordic Film Prize
category/recipient: Aku Louhimies

year: 2005
result: won
award: Nordic Vision Award
category/recipient: Rauno Ronkainen

Moscow International Film Festival
year: 2005
result: nominated
award: Golden St. George
category/recipient: Aku Louhimies

List of European Distributors

Release Date

Countries

Distributor

3 February 2005

Sweden (Gothenburg Film Festival)

 

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.