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Tappava talvi

  • 2013
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
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Tappava talvi (2013)
DramaThriller

To live and die in the land of reindeer.To live and die in the land of reindeer.To live and die in the land of reindeer.

  • Director
    • Marcus Hägg
  • Writer
    • Marcus Hägg
  • Stars
    • Aki Alamikkotervo
    • Matti Alatalo
    • Pentti Alatalo
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.2/10
    20
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Marcus Hägg
    • Writer
      • Marcus Hägg
    • Stars
      • Aki Alamikkotervo
      • Matti Alatalo
      • Pentti Alatalo
    • 1User review
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    Barbara Terpoorten and Mikko Paara in Tappava talvi (2013)
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    Barbara Terpoorten and Jenni Vakkuri in Tappava talvi (2013)
    Juhani Tiuraniemi in Tappava talvi (2013)
    Jussi Olavi Jokinen in Tappava talvi (2013)
    Mikko Paara in Tappava talvi (2013)
    Mikko Paara in Tappava talvi (2013)
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    Siegfried Terpoorten, Jussi Olavi Jokinen, and Eino Hantula in Tappava talvi (2013)
    Barbara Terpoorten in Tappava talvi (2013)

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    Aki Alamikkotervo
    • Laamanen
    Matti Alatalo
    • Niemiharju
    Pentti Alatalo
    • Pappi
    Eino Hantula
    • Marko
    Pinja Hietanen
    • Jasmin
    Marcus Hägg
    • Juhani
    Jussi Olavi Jokinen
    • Pukumies
    • (as Jussi Jokinen)
    Veli-Matti Köngäs
    • Reino
    Rolf Linblom
    • Häggqvist
    Mikko Paara
    • Tapani
    Esko Roine
    • Veikko Khknen
    Elina Stoor
    • Olga
    Ilkka Suhonen
    • Majuri
    Barbara Terpoorten
    Barbara Terpoorten
    • Adrienne
    • (as Barbara Terpoorten-Maurer)
    Siegfried Terpoorten
    Siegfried Terpoorten
    • Klaus Mller
    Juhani Tiuraniemi
    • Aslakki
    Jenni Vakkuri
    • Jaana
    Saku Viik
    • Oleg
    • Director
      • Marcus Hägg
    • Writer
      • Marcus Hägg
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    3/10
    A Coen-light Finish thriller that fails to connect
    If the Coen Brothers were Finnish, then they might've made a film similar to Vicious Winter and they probably would've made it a lot better.

    This Finland set crime thriller/mystery with more than an odd sprinkling of downright bizarre situations and characters certainly has a lot going on in it and more than its fair share of potential but first time feature director Marcus Hägg struggles to maintain his narrative despite Winter's initially intriguing set-up of everyday people caught up in anything but everyday situations, again a favourite of the Coen Brothers.

    It does feel as though Hägg has looked to the famed American directors as inspiration, the small town in which events take place here looks and feels like a European version of Fargo, and Winter's moment of violence, flash forwards and dream like scenarios all feel like something cooked up as a wannabe Coen Brothers tribute show but Winter's convoluted story that starts to get far too muddled around 30 minutes in, just doesn't justify any of these moments, they feel undeserved and cut from another film entirely.

    We've got a quiet couple who want nothing more than to relax out in the snow covered lands of the Finish wilderness. Tappani, a mysterious man caught up in all types of nefarious possibilities. Evil land developers and their minions enacting out their master's wills to take over land to build a new hotel and a number of side characters that come and go and add not a whole lot to anything at all other than more mild confusion and added cloudiness to what on earth is going on and why it is going on in the first place.

    Final Say –

    There's ample opportunity for Vicious Winter to be a good film and there are undeniable elements of this low budget affair that are commendable, such as some committed performances, some great scenery and a few well-constructed moments of creepiness and malevolence but overall this done dirt cheap Coen Brother's like experience is a rather forgettable oddity that harbors only the possibility of becoming a more established remake that only exists because of this failed attempt at the story.

    1 ½ reindeer's out of 5
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    • Jun 21, 2017

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    • Release date
      • May 23, 2014 (Finland)
    • Countries of origin
      • Switzerland
      • Finland
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • Finnish
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Vicious Winter
    • Filming locations
      • Tervola, Finland
    • Production companies
      • Bartholomäus Films
      • Elokuvatuotanto Salt
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    • Budget
      • €100,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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