Flowers of Evil backdrop

Flowers of Evil 2016 Directed by Antti J. Jokinen Pahan kukat

Unrest breaks out in eastern Helsinki as a Finnish family man gets hospitalized in the summer of 2015. Gangs of young people are burning down cars and public buildings, confronting the security guards and the riot police. The narrative goes backwards, towards the riots which mark the end of our movie. As the story begins, the unrest is still bubbling under, ready to explode any time. Vandalism and robbery are not uncommon in the suburbs; neither is violence towards the police and the security guards. Frustration, alienation, isolation and poverty corrode the asphalt surface of the multicultured society, otherwise relatively harmonious.

Country Finland
Production Country Finland
Language Finnish
Spoken Language Finnish
Gneres Crime , Drama
Production Company Solar Films
Release Date 30 September 2016
105 mins
Cast
Juno Juno
Eero Aho Arttu
Joni Alhonen Makkonen
Vilma Sippola Sipen tyttöystävä
Pentti Loikkanen Harjun kaveri
Noora Dadu Sosiaalityöntekijä
Minna Puolanto Sosiaalityöntekijä
Jussi Lehtonen Alkon myyjä
Kati Kinnunen Alkon myyjä
Elá Yildirim Mazin pikkusisko
Sumookan Pathmanathan Artun esimies
Pinka Hämäläinen R-kioskin myyjä
Tuula Liukko Kirpputorin asiakas