FINLAND - Hyvä poika (The Good Son)
Carleton University River Building
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ontario, Canada
45.38188911980304
-75.69621012178236
Description
Fifth film in Bright Nights: the 5th Annual Baltic-Nordic Film Festival dir. Zaida BergrothFinland, 2011, 88 minutes Finnish with English sub-titles Bergroth’s second feature film is a black comedy with sinister undertones, revolving around a psychologically troubling relationship between a profoundly diva-ish film star mother and her teenage son. Leila (Elina Knihtilä), a middle-aged and profoundly narcissistic actress, is constantly surrounded by scandal. Vain and demanding, she’s relied on her oldest son Illmari (Samuli Niittymäki) for everything from career and emotional support to housekeeping duties. Taking Illmari and his little brother with her on a weekend “break” to their lakeside cabin, a bored Leila invites a drunken coterie of friends and sycophants to join them. Enter screenwriter Aimo (Eero Aho), who immediately catches Leila’s eye. Illmari is not amused. Tension mounts. “Bergroth treads a fine line, offering up, on the one hand, a devastating satire of showbiz life and, on the other, a serious drama about a psychologically damaged youth. This rare thematic coupling is as unsettling as it is richly satisfying.” Palm Springs International Film Festival.
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Start:
2015-02-13T19:00:00-05:00
End:
2015-02-13T20:30:00-05:00
Category
Film
Tickets
Discounted (CFI Members, Students and Seniors)
10.04
CAD
390
General Admission
14.24
CAD
390
Festival Pass (CFI Members, Students and Seniors)
47.84
CAD
390
Festival Pass
63.59
CAD
390