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Concrete Night (Finnish: Betoniyö) is a 2013 drama film directed by Finnish filmmaker Pirjo Honkasalo. The film is based on a novel with the same name, written by Pirkko Saisio and published in 1981, though adapted to modern times.
Nov 1, 2013 · Concrete Night: Directed by Pirjo Honkasalo. With Johannes Brotherus, Jari Virman, Anneli Karppinen, Juhan Ulfsak. A fourteen-year-old boy in a stifling Helsinki slum takes some unwise life lessons from his soon-to-be-incarcerated older brother.
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- Pirjo Honkasalo
- 2013-11-01
136. 57K views 10 years ago. A fourteen-year-old boy in a stifling Helsinki slum takes some unwise life lessons from his soon-to-be-incarcerated older brother, in Finnish master Pirjo Honkasalo's...
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Dec 22, 2014 · A Finnish drama about two brothers in a bleak Helsinki night, adapted from a novel by Pirrko Saisio. The film is Finland's Oscar entry, but suffers from self-conscious style and dated references.
A stunning, dream-like odyssey through a beautiful and otherworldly Helsinki over the course of one evening, CONCRETE NIGHT follows the impressionable 14-year-old Simo as he keeps his soon-to-be incarcerated brother company.
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- Altered Innocence
The night before Ilkka's incarceration, their mother is worried sick, afraid her older boy may harm himself because of what lies ahead. She asks Simo to look after him and the two spend an evening together, just beginning to bond as adults for the first time.
A stunning, dream-like odyssey through a beautiful and otherworldly Helsinki over the course of one evening, Concrete Night follows the impressionable 14-year-old Simo as he keeps his soon-to-be incarcerated brother company.
