The River

Name: The River
Director: Jarmo Lampela
Released: 2001
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Sanna Hietala, Antti Ikkala, Jyri Ojansivu, Antti Mikkola, Heidi Liimatainen

2001 · 111 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 909 VOTES · DIR. Jarmo Lampela

Overview

Episodic study of feelings where six stories intertwine over one Saturday in a small town. Two boys save a young woman, Anni, and her baby from suicide by drowning. Esa, a down-on-his-luck musician in need of a loan, arrives to his father's 60th birthday party. Waitress Leena tries to stir up a romance between her co-workers at a pizza parlor. Middle-aged Ilpo comes home early from the paper mill and finds a strange man in their bedroom. Old Milja waits for her daughter Merja at the hospital where she is visiting her terminally ill husband Henri. Teenage Santeri tries to cope with his homosexuality.

Dialogue Timeline — 834 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:44 I dropped by at the store

00:07:31 Have any plans for tonight?

00:12:16 Yesterday you wouldn't even say hello. - I was going to, really

00:16:00 Did you pass out or what? -Hey, when did I ever pass out?

00:19:38 What? -"Kaarne". Commonly known as

00:22:53 I was expecting you sooner

00:25:45 When are you going to learn to stand on your own feet?

00:28:38 It's the best gift I can give Olli. He already has so much junk

00:32:15 When I was thirteen I told mom-

00:35:10 Another one, please

00:39:16 Is mom really as upset as Esa made her out to be?

00:43:36 Oh, Juho is sleeping

00:46:10 They could hear you way out in the square. I didn't sleep a wink

00:49:00 Ask your wife, she gets child benefits. -They're already gone

00:52:56 Liar!

00:59:26 Daddy, Roosa's teasing me! She won't let me climb on the roof

01:02:31 Out there I see - a river

01:07:27 Get rid of these sheets! -Don't. We weren't in there!

01:12:19 Miisa, look who Daddy brought

01:16:41 What day is it? -Today? It's...

01:20:47 If she doesn't make it in time-

01:29:42 Are you getting hungry, Juho?

01:34:01 I'm putting Juho to bed -What's the big problem here?

01:43:06 Every body wants to love, Every body wants to love ...

Cast & Characters

Sanna Hietala Anni Antti Ikkala Kimmo Jyri Ojansivu Janne Antti Mikkola Santeri Heidi Liimatainen Johanna Pekka Hannonen Mikko Paula Forsgren Santeri's mother Jari Virman Eero Katja Kinnari Kaisa Juha Kukkonen Esa

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed834

Dialogue density7.5 lines / min

First line00:02:44

Final line01:43:06

Production Record

DirectorJarmo Lampela

LanguageFI

Budget$1,000,000

IMDb votes909