Story Line
Having moved to Paris for university, Leevi returns to his native Finland for the summer to help his estranged father renovate the family lake house so it can be sold. Tareq, a recent asylum seeker from Syria, has been hired to help with the work, and when Leevi's father has to return to town on business, the two young men establish a connection and embark on a romance set against the idyllic Finnish summer. However, looming over this chance encounter, is the father's imminent return to the lake house, the continuation of Leevi's studies abroad as well as Tareq's complex relationship with his family in Syria.
Top Cast
Janne Puustinen
Leevi
Boodi Kabbani
Tareq
Mika Melender
Jouko
Virpi Rautsiala
Pirjo
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Rating
6.2/ 10
Release Date
2018-06-29
Runtime
1h 48m
Genres
RomanceDrama
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User Reviews (2)
CinemaSerf
7/10
•3/27/2022To be honest, I was slightly uncomfortable watching this - I felt as if I were intruding on something intimate and private! It's a gentle, enveloping, tale of two men who are working on a dilapidated Finnish summer house. The father of one of the men...
kinrich30
1/10
•8/30/2026This had so much wasted potential, it could have told an interesting story, but instead you sit through 20 minutes of home repairs, then long talks on unrelated topics, so disappointing.