Summertime (2014)

25-year-old Iiris and Karoliina have been best friends since childhood. Karoliina has been travelling and living abroad for some years now, but is coming back home for the summer as Karoliina has found them a job as waitresses in Hanko, the best summer city in Finland.

Director:

Inari Niemi

Writer:

Juuli Niemi

Stars:

Anna Paavilainen, Iina Kuustonen, Minka Kuustonen

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Anna Paavilainen	...	Iiris
Iina Kuustonen	...	Karoliina Kantola
Minka Kuustonen	...	Eeva
Lauri Tilkanen	...	Jussi
Sampo Sarkola	...	Tommy
Pihla Viitala	...	Hertta
Eero Ritala	...	Olli
Milka Ahlroth	...	Liisa
Matleena Kuusniemi	...	Linda
Aku Hirviniemi	...	Akseli
Beata Hämäläinen	...	Iida-vauva

Storyline

Iiris, 25, who has worked odd jobs abroad for years, returns to her native Finland for the summer because her best friend Karoliina, 25, has found a summer job for them both in Hanko. The girls will work in a cafeteria in a holiday town on the south coast. The idea is to spend one more care-free summer with your soul mate, enjoying the beaches and bars of Hanko - without worries of the summer job opening up a career for you of looking good in your resume... And when the girls make friends with their slightly odd workmate Eeva, 25, the makings of a perfect summer seem to be in order. But Iiris has a crisis of growing up, Karoliina falls head over heels for a married man and Eeva is once again struggling to get into the University - these are just a few clouds over total freedom and ease. Iiris is depressed about her return to Spain - but if she would stay in Finland, she'd have to figure out what to do with her life. And meeting a way-too-perfect tennis instructor, Jussi, doesn't help ...

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Plot Keywords:

summer | finland | friend | summer job | married man | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Karvattomat koirat
Written by Djpp
Lyrics by Harri Hinkkanen and Asa (as Matti Salo)
Performed by Eleanoora Rosenholm

User Reviews

Disapointting

Unimaginative plot. one dimensional, sometimes over the top, confusing character arc. Girls act like teenagers when they are presented as 25y, laughable at best.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

Finland

Language:

Finnish Swedish

Release Date:

1 August 2014 (Finland)

Also Known As:

Sommarkompisar

Filming Locations:

Hanko, Finland

Box Office

Budget:

EUR1,320,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,576,262

Company Credits

Production Co:

Solar Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1