NEUIGKEITEN AUS LAPPLAND
THE MISSILE
Performance
Niina is actually only working for the small-scale newspaper ‘Lappland News’, with its staff of three people, to pay off the damage caused to a broken window. And all she actually wanted was to go to her sister’s wedding. Yet as luck would have it, the opportunity suddenly arises, back in her family’s homeland, to finally report on a story of importance. It’s not only the taciturn locals and the officers who sabotage her investigations that stand in her way however. She also has to contend with a nagging aunt and her demented father. And then her violent ex-husband, only recently released from prison, shows up. Only Kai, a fighter pilot and attentive listener, gives her support; on top of that, he also happens to be in direct contact with the military authorities. Amongst the awe-inspiring landscape shots and moments, especially adapted to the climate, of dry humour, the film tells the story of a woman who must learn to set her own boundaries in her search for the truth.
Text: Merlin Webers
05.11.2024 | 21:30 | Weltspiegel Saal 2 (original version with German subtitles)
09.11.2024 | 20:00 | Weltspiegel Saal 2 (original version with German subtitles)
Miia Tervo
Meelis Veeremets
Micke Nyström
Heather Loeffler
Lau Nau
Evelin Penttilä, Johanna Maria Paulson
Miia Tervo - Miia Tervo is a film director and screenwriter who has won the Jussi Award, Finland's national film prize. Tervo has won the Jussi Awards for Best Screenplay and Best Director as well as the Nordisk FilmAward. NEUIGKEITEN AUS LAPPLAND is Tervo's second feature film, which she directed and wrote the screenplay for. Her first feature film AURORA (2019) won a total of seven Jussi Awards. For NEUIGKEITEN AUS LAPPLAND, lead actress Oona Airola won the Dragon Award for Best Actress at the Gothenburg International Film Festival.
