Veikko Aaltonen
Tuhlaajapoika (The Prodigal Son)
Edition 1993
97'
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1992
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Drama, Thriller
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Dialogue:
Finnish
Director:
Veikko Aaltonen
Composer:
Mauri Sumén
With:
Hannu Kivioja, Esko Salminen, Leea Klemola, Markku Peltola, Antti Roma
Veikko Aaltonen is one of the most distinctive talents emerging from the shadow of the Kaurismäkis in Finland. The Prodigal Son deals with sadomasochism in a spare, formal manner. A wealthy man hires a young ex-con to beat him. Aaltonen distills this ritualistic relationship to a point at which the little-seen violence is secondary to its exploration of revenge and redemption. (National Film Theatre) "A dark thriller mixing S&M mind games with Yank genre elements, The Prodigal Son is a real original that bites like a coiled rattlesnake". (Variety).
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Credits
Director
Veikko Aaltonen
Composer
Mauri Sumén
With
Hannu Kivioja, Esko Salminen, Leea Klemola, Markku Peltola, Antti Roma
Scenario
Iiro Küttner
Director of Photography
Timo Salminen
Editor
Veikko Aaltonen, Kimmo Taavila
Producer
Aki Kaurismäki
More information
Dialogue
Finnish
Countries of production
Finland
Year
1992
