MOVIE: "Tie Pohjoiseen" / "The Road North" FREE @ UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley FREE Movie Nite!!!

Tie Pohjoiseen / The Road North

Tuesday, October 1, 6:30 PM 

at UC Berkeley Dwinelle Hall B-4

A prodigal father returns to Helsinki to reconnect with the son he abandoned 35 years earlier and con him into a journey towards the Arctic Circle in this jaunty comedy.

Overweight and shambling but still charismatic, Leo (Finnish national treasure Vesa-Matti Loiri) has lived to pursue pleasure, always fleeing when he encountered problems. Now, as he nears the end of his metaphoric road, he wants to patch up all the potholes, although in his own unconventional, not necessarily legal way.

His son Timo is a concert pianist, and seems to be Leo's polar opposite: uptight, bound by rules, appointments and a constantly buzzing cell-phone. But out on the highway in the red Catalina convertible that Leo steals for the ride, Timo soon proves a chip off the old block.
Director Mika Kaurismaki's best films have dealt with music or road trips. Road Northcombines both elements along with plenty of heart and was one of Finland’s biggest box office hits of the past year. (http://www.psfilmfest.org/.)

DETAILS:

Finland

2012

110 Min

Color

Finnish

DIR Mika Kaurismäki

PROD Mika Kaurismäki

SCR Mika Kaurismäki, Sami Keski-Vähälä

DP Jari Mutikainen

CAST Vesa-Matti Loiri, Samuli Edelmann, Peter Franzén, Mari Perankoski, Eila Roine, Irina Björklund, Elina Knihtilä, Ada Kukkonen, Rea Mauranen, Aake Kalliala, Amira Khalifa, Krista Kosonen, Marja-Leena Kouki, Minni Laakso, Aiden Lind, Eeva Litmanen, Irina Pulkka, Kristo Salminen, Emilia Sinisalo, Pertti Sveholm, Leena Uotila, Eija Vilpas, Jukka Virtanen

ED Jukka Nykänen

MUSIC Ilari Edelman, Kaihon Karavaani, Mauri Sumén

SOUND Joonas Jyrälä