Completed - FINNISH - Drama, Thriller - 100 minutes
They Have Escaped is a film about fragile love, childhood dreams and the violence of reality.
Year of production : 2014 Director(s) : J-P VALKEAPÄÄ Writer(s) : J-P VALKEAPÄÄ, Pilvi PELTOLA Cast : Pelle HEIKKILÄ, Petteri PENNILÄ, Roosa SÖDERHOLM, Teppo MANNER Producer(s) : Aleksi BARDY (Helsinki-filmi Oy), Raymond VAN DER KAAIJ (Revolver Amsterdam), Dijana OLCAY-HOT (Revolver Amsterdam)
A boy and girl meet at a custody centre for problematic youths. The boy has come to serve his obligatory civil service. The girl is one of the youths in custody, and she is constantly in trouble, a fire inside her, a lust for life that can't be quashed, or controlled. The boy becomes infatuated with the girl. He is a quiet one, a stutterer. But there is a fire inside him as well. Rules, laws, punishment; the shackles of the hostile environment with no understanding around them can be broken! They steal a car and flee together. Thus begins a journey with endless escapes.
Country(ies) : FINLAND, NETHERLANDS
Venice - Biennale 2014 (Venice Days)Toronto - TIFF 2014 (Vanguard)