Purge (2012)

A tormented young woman is given a hiding place by an elderly lady and soon they are reminded of their mutual horrendous past.

Director:

Antti Jokinen (as Antti J. Jokinen)

Writers:

Marko Leino (screenplay), Antti Jokinen (screenplay) (as Antti J. Jokinen)

Stars:

Laura Birn, Liisi Tandefelt, Amanda Pilke

7 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Laura Birn	...	Aliide / young-Ingel's sister
Liisi Tandefelt	...	Aliide / old-Ingel's sister
Amanda Pilke	...	Zara / Linda's daughter
Peter Franzén	...	Hans / Ingel's husband
Kristjan Sarv	...	Pasa / Gang member
Krista Kosonen	...	Ingel / Aliide's sister-Hans' wife
Tommi Korpela	...	Martin / Aliide's husband
Sonja Nüganen	...	Linda / Hans and Ingel's daughter
Kaisa Kaljusaar	...	Linda, 4 years
Laura Kiis	...	Linda, newborn
Tomi Salmela	...	Militia
Panu Vauhkonen	...	Tall man
Jaanika Arum	...	Katia / Victim of human trading
Jarmo Mäkinen	...	Lavrenti
Petteri Pennilä	...	Andrei

Storyline

The story of two women from two different eras linked by separate tales of deceit, desperation - and fear. Aliide has experienced the horrors of the Stalin era and the deportation of Estonians to Siberia, but she herself has to cope with the guilt of opportunism and even manslaughter. One night in 1992 she finds a young woman in the courtyard of her house; Zara has just escaped from the claws of the Russian mafia who held her as a sex slave. Aliide later finds out that the girl is related to her. Survivors both, Aliide and Zara engage in a complex arithmetic of suspicion and revelation to distill each other's motives; gradually, their stories emerge, the culmination of a tragic family drama of rivalry, lust, and loss that played out during the worst years of Estonia's Soviet occupation.

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Plot Keywords:

suicide | jealous sister | male full rear nudity | sisters in love with the same man | forced prostitution | 

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Taglines:

Rakkaus, petos, uhraus (Love, betrayal, sacrifice)

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

The official entry of Finland to the Best Foreign Language Film at the 85th Academy Awards 2013.

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Quotes

Pasa: [shows Aliide photos of a killed man] Look at the photos.
Aliide: I don't have to. I've seen bodies before.

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Connections

Referenced in Sofi Oksanen. Syntynyt kirjailijaksi (2013)

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Soundtracks

Mis maa see on
Written by Siiri Sisask and Peeter Volkonski

User Reviews

Another great film based on a great book

I've read Sofi Oksanen book before seeing the film and for me that's obvious that we have here a great film based on a great book. Usually the historic event crush individual lives and destinies, but sometimes is really amassing how peoples can react so different and how unexpected individual desires mixed up with historical event can generate dramas. This film also remembered me another one, a Romanian one, "Somewhere in the East", made after Augustin Buzura's novel "Fetele tacerii", part of the subject being related.

Details

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Country:

Finland Estonia

Language:

Finnish

Release Date:

7 September 2012 (Finland)

Also Known As:

Fegefeuer

Filming Locations:

Estonia

Box Office

Budget:

EUR2,400,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$2,451,380

Company Credits

Production Co:

Solar Films, Taska Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

125 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1