Concrete Night (2013)

A fourteen-year-old boy in a stifling Helsinki slum takes some unwise life lessons from his soon-to-be-incarcerated older brother.

Director:

Pirjo Honkasalo

Writers:

Pirjo Honkasalo (screenplay), Pirkko Saisio (screenplay)

Stars:

Johannes Brotherus, Jari Virman, Anneli Karppinen

8 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Johannes Brotherus	...	Simo
Jari Virman	...	Ilkka
Anneli Karppinen	...	Mother
Juhan Ulfsak	...	Man
Alex Anton	...	Jusa
Iida Kuningas	...	Veera
Pauli Poranen	...	Taxi driver
Mauno Paajanen	...	Twiggy
Rea Mauranen	...	Woman
Teijo Eloranta	...	Man with grey hair
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tommi Hiljanen	...	Bartender
Hannele Nieminen	...	Waitress
Arto Oskar Reunanen	...	The drunkard in the metro
Timo Välisaari	...	Tsali

Storyline

Concrete Night opens in a cramped, concrete-jungle home. The elder of the two brothers is getting ready to go and serve his prison sentence. During his last 24 hours of freedom, his little brother follows the brother he admires through the fateful sights of that night.

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Plot Keywords:

teenage boy | male full frontal nudity | coming of age | mother son relationship | brother brother relationship | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Unrated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Pirjo Honkasalo intended to film the novel already 10 years earlier and the project was already as far as that she had chosen the cast. However, other commitments with document films postponed this project. Among those chosen then was Jari Virman, who plays one of the leading roles in this film.

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Goofs

The man photographs Simo with a camera in horizontal orientation, yet when Ilkka views those photos they appear to be in portrait orientation.

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Connections

Featured in Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2018)

User Reviews

Such an artistic visualization of LOST

An amazing plot of what happens to a life without hope, without a future. Loved it a lot 🖤

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [Finland]

Country:

Finland Sweden Denmark

Language:

Finnish

Release Date:

1 November 2013 (Finland)

Also Known As:

Betongnatt

Filming Locations:

Helsinki, Finland

Box Office

Budget:

EUR1,620,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$44,551

Company Credits

Production Co:

Plattform Produktion, Magic Hour Films ApS, Oy Bufo Ab

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Black and White Black and White (color sequence)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1