BAD FAMILY

PAHA PERHE

By Aleksi SALMENPERÄ

SUB-TI LTD - as FEST

Drama - Completed 2010

After their divorce the father brings up the son, while the mother has had custody of the daughter. 16 years later, after the mother’s death, brother and sister meet again.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2010
Panorama
    • Year of production
    • 2010
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • FINLAND
    • Languages
    • FINNISH
    • Duration
    • 92 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Aleksi SALMENPERÄ
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/2587-5D4F-47F4-DD3A-B16C-A
    • Producer(s)
    • Aki KAURISMÄKI (Sputnik)
    • Synopsis
    • Tragicomedy about an overly concerned father, who messes up his relationship with his children and new wife. Followed by an ugly divorce the father has been bringing up the son by himself while the mother has had the custody of the daughter. Sixteen years later the mother passes away and the brother and sister meet again. The brother has a crush on his sister and rebels
      against the father, who copes poorly with the situation. The father ends up alone with his dementic father.