Lapland Odyssey - 2010

Lapland Odyssey is a comedy about Janne, a man from Lapland in northern Finland, a man who has made a career out of living on welfare. Inari, his girlfriend, is tired of Janne's incapability of getting a grip on life, Janne wasn't even able to buy a digital TV box that Inari had given money for. Inari gives an ultimatum: a digital box needs to arrive by dawn or she leaves. Janne sets out into the night with his two friends to find a box. On their way to the city of Rovaniemi, Janne and his friends face many challenges, obstacles and temptations. They learn that they need to be daring. There's no room to give into bitterness. The most important thing isn't success, but rather the journey in itself.

95min
2010
K-12
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating6.8/10

Cast

Timo Lavikainen profile pictureTimo LavikainenRäihänen
Kari Ketonen profile pictureKari KetonenPikku-Mikko
Miia Nuutila profile pictureMiia NuutilaMarjukka
Sinikka Mokkila profile pictureSinikka MokkilaJannen äiti
Erkki Hetta profile pictureErkki HettaJannen isä
Asko Sahlman profile pictureAsko SahlmanMartti Juntura
Rinna Paatso profile pictureRinna PaatsoMarjukan kaveri
Ulla Tapaninen profile pictureUlla TapaninenRäihäsen äiti
Janne Reinikainen profile pictureJanne ReinikainenKittilän runkkari 1
Kari Hietalahti profile pictureKari HietalahtiKittilän runkkari 2
Tommi Liski profile pictureTommi LiskiKittilän runkkari 3
Joonas Makkonen profile pictureJoonas MakkonenMies baarissa (uncredited)

About Lapland Odyssey

Lapland Odyssey Overview

Lapland Odyssey is a comedy about Janne, a man from Lapland in northern Finland, a man who has made a career out of living on welfare. Inari, his girlfriend, is tired of Janne's incapability of getting a grip on life, Janne wasn't even able to buy a digital TV box that Inari had given money for. Inari gives an ultimatum: a digital box needs to arrive by dawn or she leaves. Janne sets out into the night with his two friends to find a box. On their way to the city of Rovaniemi, Janne and his friends face many challenges, obstacles and temptations. They learn that they need to be daring. There's no room to give into bitterness. The most important thing isn't success, but rather the journey in itself.

Age Rating: K-12
Runtime: 95min

Extra details

Original Title: Napapiirin sankarit
Original Language: Finnish
Directed By: Dome Karukoski
Production Companies
Anagram FilmHelsinki FilmiRipple World PicturesFilm i VästScreen Ireland