Archive of films Sisu / Sisu

Finland / United Kingdom
2022, 91 min

Section: Midnight Screenings
Year: 2023

Synopsis

Stoic determination, resilience, bravery, equanimity, and tenacity of purpose – these are the characteristics of sisu, a concept that Finns associate with their “national character.” In the eponymous film, these qualities are embodied by a gruff man of few words capable of brutally and efficiently killing Nazis. Sisu is a survivalist action film stripped down to the bone in which a tired unit of Nazis at the end of the war fights a lone but practically indestructible gold prospector. A wildly exaggerated feast of blood and suffering, the film is part Western and part ironic Finnish answer to the dated action flicks of Sylvester Stallone et al.

Antonín Tesař

About the director

Jalmari Helander (1976, Helsinki). Selected filmography: Rare Exports Inc. (2003, short), Rare Exports: The Official Safety Instructions (2005, short), Rare Exports (2010), Big Game (2014), Sisu (2022).

Contacts

Sony Pictures
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United Kingdom

Falcon a.s.
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E-mail: [email protected]

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About the film

Color, DCP

Section:	Midnight Screenings

Director:	Jalmari Helander
Screenplay:	Jalmari Helander
Dir. of Photography:	Kjell Lagerroos
Music:	Juri Seppa, Tuomas Wainola
Sound:	Panu Rikkonen
Editor:	Juho Virolainen
Art Director:	Otso Linnalaakso
Producer:	Petri Jokiranta, Mike Goodridge
Production:	Subzero Film Entertainment, Stage 6 Films, Good Chaos
Cast:	Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan, Mimosa Willamo, Onni Tommila
Sales:	Sony Pictures
Distributor:	Falcon a.s.