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VASHA

By Hannu SALONEN

Drama - Completed 2009

A teenage boy meets a Chechen assassin in a hospital after a shady bomb explosion. A new kind of friendship is formed, tried and tested in the hyperbole of following events.

- Year of production
- 2009
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- ESTONIA, GERMANY, FINLAND, IRELAND
- Languages
- ENGLISH, ESTONIAN
- Budget
- 1 - 3 M$
- Duration
- 100 mn
- Director(s)
- Hannu SALONEN
- Writer(s)
- Hannu SALONEN, Katrin LAUR, Mart KIVASTIK
- Cast
- Jan UUSPÕLD, Malla MALMIVAARA, Mart MÜÜRISEPP, Mehmet KURTULUS, Rein OJA, Tim SEYFI
- Producer(s)
- Jarkko HENTULA (Juonifilmi), Philipp HOMBERG (Homberg Filmproduktion), Piret TIBBO-HUDGINS (Allfilm)
- Synopsis
- Tom, an easygoing young boy ends up in a hospital with a Chechen man Artur, after having saved his life in a bomb explosion. Tom attaches quickly to this mysterious man, helping him to escape from the hospital.
  A kind of friendship evolves between them, Artur trying to keep Tom away from his personal war. Tom is thrown into dramatic events that abruptly open his eyes. The chain of death and vengeance seems unstoppable and the question arises if Tom will become a part of it.
- Beginning of shooting
- Mar 01, 2008