THE ETERNAL ROAD

IKITIE

By Aj ANNILA

VOSTAO - as CONS

Historical - Completed 2017

An untold story about the American immigrants in the 1930's Soviet Union - Based on a true story

"Freedom is beyond heaven and hell"

Festivals
& Awards

Tallinn Black Nights IFF 2017
Official Competition
Berlin European Film Market (EFM) 2018
Arras Film Festival 2018
Compétition Européenne
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Historical, True Story, Drama
    • Countries
    • FINLAND, ESTONIA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, FINNISH, RUSSIAN
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 104 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Aj ANNILA
    • Writer(s)
    • Antti-Jussi ANNILA, Aku LOUHIMIES, Antti TUURI
    • Producer(s)
    • Ilkka MATILA (MRP - Matila Röhr Productions)
    • Synopsis
    • Based on true events an epic story of one man's struggle for survival. Jussi Ketola, returns to Finland from the great depression struck America only to face growing political unrest. One summer night of 1930, nationalist thugs violently abduct Ketola from his home. Beaten and forced to walk the Eternal Road towards a foreign Soviet Russia, where cruelty seems to know no end, his only dream is to return to his family cost it what it may. Hope dies last.