BETONIYÖ (CONCRETE NIGHT)
By Pirjo Honkasalo
Format: Feature
Duration: 96 min
Release: 2013
Concrete Night is a dreamlike odyssey through the fragile mind of a young boy as he loses his innocence. The film opens in a cramped, concrete-jungle home. Ilkka, the elder of two brothers, is leaving to serve a prison sentence. During his last 24 hours of freedom, he and his vulnerable younger brother Simo explore the events that sealed Ilkka’s fate.
Director:
Pirjo Honkasalo
Producers:
Misha Jaari
Mark Lwoff
Script:
Pirjo Honkasalo
Pirkko Saisio
Cinematographer:
Peter Flinckenberg
Editor:
Niels Pagh Andersen
Cast:
Johannes Brotherus
Jari Virman
Juhan Ulfsak
Anneli Karpinen
Production Company:
Bufo
Co-producers:
Erik Hemmendorff
Marie Kjellson
Lise Lense-Møller
Selections:
- Jussi Awards, 2014
Awarded with best film, best direction, best cinematography, best editing, best sound design, best art direction
- Camerimage, 2013
Nominated for the Golden Frog / Main Competition
- Warsaw International Film Festival, 2013
Nominated for the Grand Prix