The Missile

2DORCSES12
Director:Miia Tervo
Cast:Oona Airola, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Tommi Korpela, Pyry Kähkönen
Premiere:13. March 2025
Length:115 minutes
Genre:Comedy, Drama

The Missile

Ohjus; Miia Tervo, 2024, versions: OR,CS,ES, languages: fin

Director: Miia Tervo • Scenario: Miia Tervo • Haircut: Antti Reikko • Camera: Meelis Veeremets • Sound: Anssi Kainulainen • Music: Lau Nau • Cast: Oona Airola, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Tommi Korpela, Pyry Kähkönen, Jarkko Niemi, Emma Kilpimaa, Tommi Eronen, Ona Kamu, Sakari Kuosmanen, Milka Ahlroth

Christmas in Lapland in 1984. An inspiring and bittersweet story of defiance against the threat of the Cold War. Niina is a single mother with two children, looking for work at a local newspaper. Life seems to have stopped in the town - the population is in no hurry to get anywhere and is all too used to nothing ever happening. When Niina hears a loud bang from the sky, a potential threat in the form of a Soviet missile fired into Finland, she wants to write an article about it, but no one takes her seriously. So, she sets out to investigate on her own and unwittingly becomes part of history, which the film presents in a charming way. Drawing from the style of the period, it sketches a world of tracksuits, mules and perennials, all to the background of synth Europop. Niina’s investigation soon intersects with her personal life, and with a new purpose, she is able to confront her painful past. Loosely based on a real geopolitical event, the film is part absurdist comedy, part political investigation and part painful reflection on the effects of domestic violence. On several levels, it asks the question of whether it’s possible to truly understand a threat before it’s too late.

Length: 115 min

Year: 2024
Local premiere date: 13. March 2025

Country of origin:

  • Finland

Language version:

OR - Original version (finnish)
CS - Czech subtitles
ES - English subtitles
2DOR

28. 1. Tuesday

7,00 20:10
2DOR

29. 1. Wednesday

7,00 17:50

Director: Miia Tervo • Scenario: Miia Tervo • Haircut: Antti Reikko • Camera: Meelis Veeremets • Sound: Anssi Kainulainen • Music: Lau Nau • Cast: Oona Airola, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Tommi Korpela, Pyry Kähkönen, Jarkko Niemi, Emma Kilpimaa, Tommi Eronen, Ona Kamu, Sakari Kuosmanen, Milka Ahlroth

Christmas in Lapland in 1984. An inspiring and bittersweet story of defiance against the threat of the Cold War. Niina is a single mother with two children, looking for work at a local newspaper. Life seems to have stopped in the town - the population is in no hurry to get anywhere and is all too used to nothing ever happening. When Niina hears a loud bang from the sky, a potential threat in the form of a Soviet missile fired into Finland, she wants to write an article about it, but no one takes her seriously. So, she sets out to investigate on her own and unwittingly becomes part of history, which the film presents in a charming way. Drawing from the style of the period, it sketches a world of tracksuits, mules and perennials, all to the background of synth Europop. Niina’s investigation soon intersects with her personal life, and with a new purpose, she is able to confront her painful past. Loosely based on a real geopolitical event, the film is part absurdist comedy, part political investigation and part painful reflection on the effects of domestic violence. On several levels, it asks the question of whether it’s possible to truly understand a threat before it’s too late.

Year: 2024
Local premiere date: 13. March 2025

Country of origin:

  • Finland

Language version:

OR - Original version (finnish)
CS - Czech subtitles
ES - English subtitles


Programme

2DOR

28. 1. Tuesday

K3
7,00 20:10
2DOR

29. 1. Wednesday

K4
7,00 17:50