Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Outi Mäenpää | ... | Saara / wife | |
Martti Suosalo | ... | Leo / husband | |
Ria Kataja | ... | Tuuli / Leo's mistress | |
Ville Virtanen | ... | Ilkka / Lea's husband-Leo's business partner | |
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Sara Paavolainen | ... | Lea / Ilkka's wife-Leo's sister |
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Netta Heikkilä | ... | Krista |
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Väinö Heiskanen | ... | Joonas |
Philipp Danne | ... | Uwe / boy at home party | |
Matti Laine | ... | Komu / boy at home party | |
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Emilia Sinisalo | ... | Receptionist |
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Kirsi Ylijoki | ... | Female Cop |
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Marjut Maristo | ... | Girl at Masquerade |
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Anne von Keller | ... | Nurse |
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Christian Hagman | ... | Hade |
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Arttu Eloranta | ... | Guy at Afterparty |
Upon discovering that her husband is having an affair, a Helsinki gynecologist attempts to gather more knowledge about her rival and, in the process, becomes hopelessly entangled in the other woman's life - partially on purpose but primarily out of happenstance. Saara is pretty, elegant, liberal, and friendly to a fault. Yet while surface appearances would suggest that Saara is something of an open book, the truth is that lately no one has looked deeper enough to notice otherwise. Driven by jealousy to find out why her husband Leo has grown distant as of late, the sleuthing wife soon discovers that her spouse has recently entered into an affair with a young student and part-time martial arts instructor named Tulli. Her desire to learn more about Tulli growing with each passing hour, Saara eventually signs up as a student in one of the woman's self-defense classes. Eventually, Saara integrates herself into Tulli's life by blending fact and fiction to create a new persona. While Saara's... Written by Jason Buchanan
who is the victim ? that is question who gives sense of movie. the fragile husband ? the cold powerful wife ? the young mistress ? innocent can be only the baby. so, a film like a labyrinth. no doors, no windows. shadow of Almodovar and crumbs of Bergman. a story and its plains. dark humor and slices of ambiguous fight. jealousy, refuges, empty friendship and survive. cruelty of revenge in spider way and two women as borders of circle. a film as catch. about snow and ice and need of certitudes and fall. about limits and image of the other. about lies as fermented feelings and slide of looks. series of shadows and complicated construction. happy-end as fruit of profound peace. silence from womb of strange war.