Black Ice (2007)
"Musta jää" (original title)

Saara is a middle-aged doctor who one day finds out that her architect-husband Leo is having an affair with a younger woman, Tuuli. Instead of revealing her true identity, Saara pretends to... See full summary »

Director:

Petri Kotwica

Writer:

Petri Kotwica

Stars:

Outi Mäenpää, Ria Kataja, Martti Suosalo

6 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Outi Mäenpää	...	Saara
Ria Kataja	...	Tuuli
Martti Suosalo	...	Leo
Ville Virtanen	...	Ilkka
Sara Paavolainen	...	Lea
Netta Heikkilä	...	Krista
Väinö Heiskanen	...	Joonas
Philipp Danne	...	Uwe
Matti Laine	...	Komu
Emilia Sinisalo	...	Receptionist
Kirsi Ylijoki	...	Female Cop
Marjut Maristo	...	Girl at Masquerade
Anne von Keller	...	Nurse
Christian Hagman	...	Hade
Arttu Eloranta	...	Guy at Afterparty

Storyline

Saara is a middle-aged doctor who one day finds out that her architect-husband Leo is having an affair with a younger woman, Tuuli. Instead of revealing her true identity, Saara pretends to be someone else and makes friends with Tuuli. At the same time she is planning the best way to revenge her husband and his lover.

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Plot Keywords:

doctor | revenge | upper middle class | cheating | married couple | 

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [fi]

Country:

Finland Germany

Language:

Finnish English

Release Date:

19 October 2007 (Finland)

Also Known As:

Black Ice

Filming Locations:

Finland

Box Office

Budget:

€1,800,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Making Movies Oy, Schmidtz Katze Filmkollektiv

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director-writer Petri Kotwica planned this film for 6 years.

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Quotes

Tuuli: What do you do?
Saara: I'm a psycho... logist.

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Connections

Remade as Love in Between (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Quutamo"
Music by Eicca Toppinen
Performed by Apocalyptica
Courtesy of Universal Music Germany
Under License from Harmageddon Publishing Inc. / Universal Music Publishing SAS

User Reviews

Is this love?

I don't know and I kinda guess the characters don't know either. It's more like not willing to lose something, than to actually love it/him/her. You could also say, Love is in the air ... but somehow no one can touch it.

While it has it's comedic moments too, it's more a (black) drama. At first you might guess where this is going, it seems to go the usual path that any movie with a plot like this goes (look for the plot summary, if you will, I won't spoil anything), but it does turn out to change it's path. Sometime the changes are very ridiculous, so you might have to stay with it. If you click out at some of the outrageous plot changes, you won't like the movie. The end is complete out-there (i.e. crazy), but the movie builds up to that point, so it's not a complete surprise. Still some might be shocked/appalled by it ...