Vuosaari (2012)

Naked Harbour tells the story of people who seek love and acceptance at any cost.

Director:

Aku Louhimies

Writers:

Mikko Kouki, Aku Louhimies

Stars:

Alma Pöysti, Aino Louhimies, Sean Pertwee

1 win & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alma Pöysti	...	Marika
Aino Louhimies	...	Aurora
Sean Pertwee	...	Robert
Deogracias Masomi	...	Make
Laura Birn	...	Iiris
Konsta Mäkelä	...	Ukki
Amanda Pilke	...	Milla
Taneli Mäkelä	...	Millan isä / Milla's father
Jasper Pääkkönen	...	Anders
Eemeli Louhimies	...	Waltteri
Jekaterina Novosjolova	...	Waltterin äiti / Waltteri's mother
Pertti Sveholm	...	Antero
Topi Tarvainen	...	Aleksi
Meri Nenonen	...	Aleksin äiti / Aleksi's mom
Lenna Kuurmaa	...	Viivi / Maid

Storyline

The film takes place in the snow-covered suburb Vuosaari of the Finnish capital Helsinki. The eight individual episodes are temporally intertwined and show partial overlaps. **** 1) Milla is a young woman who really wants to become famous. She applies as a singer, trying as a model, although she does not have the appropriate dimensions, and finally ends up in pornography. Her father is rather disinterested in her life. **** 2) The criminals Iiris and Make associate money shortage and addiction problems. Iiri's moody character not only makes her beat up Robert, but also makes a robbery. He hopes to pay his debts to the Russians. **** 3) The American Robert misses his family on a business trip, meets a prostitute and is beaten up by Make in the bathroom of a bar. **** 4) Lauri is a doctor and belongs to the "upper class" with his wife Sara. He is frustrated with the alienation from his wife and is having an affair with the household worker Viivi. When his wife finds out, there is a ...

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Plot Keywords:

wife has sex in front of her husband | sex with a maid | cheating husband | explicit fellatio | russian mafia | 

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Taglines:

Everybody wants to be touched

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Finland]

Country:

Finland

Language:

Finnish English Russian Swedish

Release Date:

3 February 2012 (Finland)

Also Known As:

Ciplak Liman

Filming Locations:

Helsinki, Finland

Box Office

Budget:

€1,660,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

First Floor Productions,Edith Film Oy,Mogador Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

123 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Antti Luusuaniemi 's scenes were cut from the final film, to be released as a separate movie.

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Connections

Features Big Brother Suomi (2005)

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Soundtracks

Ei kauniimpaa
Written by Ilkka Wirtanen, Petri Somern, Pekka Eronen, Kerkko Koskinen
Warner/Chappell Music Finland Oy / Kaiku Songs
Kaiku Recordings

User Reviews

Wonderful Movie - See It

Just saw this at the Los Angeles Scandinavian Film Festival.

Wonderful movie that follows the stories of several very different people who are only connected by the fact that they live in the same part of town and are all struggling through a difficult time in their lives. This film examines some very intense and dark times in these people's lives, that will probably change them forever, but also shows real warmth and humanity. The characters are all very relatable in the sense that they're all experiencing the types of struggles that people deal with every day. It's a very real examination of what it's like for people to go through life and how each struggle is relative to a person's personal experience.

Watch it.