Bad Family
(Paha perhe)

Script:

Aleksi Salmenperä

Director:

Aleksi Salmenperä

Cinematography:

Tuomo Hutri

Set design:

Markku Pätilä

Costumes:

Ella Brigatti

Make-up:

Marjut Samulin

Sound:

Tero Malmberg

Music:

Ville A. Tanttu

Editing :

Samu Heikkilä

Production:

Aki Kaurismäki

Shooting:

05-05/2009

Budget:

1 600 000 € (SES 750 000 €)

Release:

29.1.2010

Actors:

Ville Virtanen, Pihla Viitala, Lauri Tilkanen

Synopsis:

Followed by an ugly divorce the father has been bringing up the son by himself while the mother has had the custody of the daughter. Sixteen years later the mother passes away and the brother and sister meet again. The brother has a crush on his sister and rebels against the father, who copes poorly with the situation. The father ends up alone with his dementic father.

International sales: The Match Factory GmbH

Festivals:

Berlinale, Germany, 11.–21.2.2010, Panorama Special

Cannes Film Market, France, 12.–23.5.2010

25th Cinema Jove International Film Festival, Valencia, Spain, 19.–26.6.2010

45th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic, 2.–10.7.2010

Echoes of Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, 10.–20.7.2010

17th Palic European Film Festival, Serbia, 17.–23.7.2010

31st Durban International Film Festival, South Africa, 22.7.–1.8.2010

MoliseCinema 2010, Casacalenda, Molise, Italy, 3.–8.8.2010

Haugesund International Film Festival, Nordic Focus, Norway, 18.–25.8.2010

Yksi Kaksi Filmi – Finnish Film Week in Stockholm, Sweden, 19.–22.8.2010

4th Chungmuro International Film Festival, Seoul, South Korea, 2.–10.9.2010

Athens International Film Festival Opening Nights Conn-X, Greece, 15.–26.9.2010

Reykjavik International Film Festival, Iceland, 23.9.–3.10.2010

Awards & Prizes:

Production

Sputnik Oy
Museokatu 13 A
00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 68 77 100
Fax. +358 9 6877 1010
Email. sputnik@sputnik.fi

Distribution in Finland

Sandrew Metronome Distribution Finland Oy Ab
Etelä Esplanandi 24 A
00130 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 8866 7707
Fax. +358 9 8866 7710

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