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It is the summer of 1941 and the Finnish army has been mobilized along the border with Russia. A platoon led by Lt. Eero Perkola is waiting for orders to go on the offensive. The platoon receives orders for a recon mission through the wilderness around the Lieksa lake to search for possible Russian defensive positions.
Cinematography
Endless birch forests that breathe and suffocate simultaneously.
Acting
Peter Franzén's thousand-yard stare before it was his trademark.
Score
Sparse, haunting — silence itself becomes instrumentation.

Director
Olli Saarela
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