Twisted Roots
2009 · 99 MIN · IMDB 5.9 · 229 VOTES · DIR. Saara Saarela
Overview
In this stylish Finnish drama, the secrets and desires of a family can no longer be suppressed. Mikko turns out to have a hereditary illness. Since then he has been worried. How long can he continue to run the family business that he and inherited from his father, just like his illness? And how does he tell his teenage daughter and adult son that they might have the wrong genes? The imaginative eight-year-old Lumi, adopted from China, also cannot get away from her roots.
Dialogue Timeline — 619 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:05 Edith film presents In cooperation with film I visit.
00:05:15 Good.
00:08:17 Sure.
00:11:01 Go to your room, okay? We have things to talk about.
00:16:42 Under normal circumstances it would be.
00:19:40 What I'm trying to tell... What I'm trying to tell you...
00:22:37 What did you talk about? Nothing.
00:25:05 They're fishy!
00:27:35 And the store? - We had our 100th anniversary last year.
00:31:47 You were too. Everyone was.
00:37:16 Mom, you think dragons are lizards? Yes, they are. Go now, okay?
00:40:11 And the painting. I'm going for a smoke.
00:42:00 Because it looks kind of like this.
00:45:58 Everything's dying here. A fine piece, isn't it?
00:48:56 We should remove the security chain on the door...
00:52:53 I noticed when you just did that. I didn't notice anything.
00:55:11 Oh, the jug was hot. - We would've washed the table cloth anyway.
00:58:11 The store will not be sold!
01:02:23 My life is disposable. Can you listen for a moment?
01:08:22 Because Iris getting dark already.
01:13:38 Damn! Don't tell mom and dad.
01:15:54 One of our staff will come by to evaluate the apartment in a week.
01:20:39 I know.
01:27:16 It was my escape tunnel. Are you going to leave me too?
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed619
Dialogue density6.3 lines / min
First line00:00:05
Final line01:27:16
Production Record
DirectorSaara Saarela
LanguageFI
IMDb votes229