Twisted Roots

Väärät juuret

In this stylish Finnish drama, the secrets and desires of a family can no longer be suppressed. Mikko turns out to have a hereditary illness. Since then he has been worried. How long can he continue to run the family business that he and inherited from his father, just like his illness? And how does he tell his teenage daughter and adult son that they might have the wrong genes? The imaginative eight-year-old Lumi, adopted from China, also cannot get away from her roots.

Screenplay

Saara Saarela

Screenplay

Selja Ahava-Foster

Director

Saara Saarela

Music

Marko Nyberg

Status

Released

Release date

09/10/2009

Original language

Finnish