SAUNA

By Aj ANNILA

BOGEYDOM LICENSING - as SALES All rights, World

Thriller - Completed 2008

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN MYTH AND FACT, TERROR MEETS A SEMI MITILARY EXPEDITION MARKING THE BORDERS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND FINLAND.

    • Year of production
    • 2008
    • Genres
    • Thriller, Historical
    • Countries
    • FINLAND
    • Languages
    • FINNISH, RUSSIAN
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 85 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Aj ANNILA
    • Writer(s)
    • Iiro KUTTNER
    • Producer(s)
    • Jesse FRYCKMAN (BLIND SPOT), Tero KAUKOMAA (BLIND SPOT)
    • Synopsis
    • 1595 the long war is finally over. Brothers Knut and Erik are officers in commission marking the border separating Finland and Russia and they commit a terrible sin leaving a young girl to die a horrible death. As the officers cross an uncharted swamp the girl returns to haunt them her face spewing endless filth. The weary men find hospice in the sauna of a nameless village. The sauna where all sins are washed away. Seeking forgiveness Knut and Erik step in…
      Sauna is a horror film about sins and repentance. The story leads us into the hopeless core of darkness where there is no salvation.