Homebound (1989)

Original title

Kotia päin

Directed by

Ilkka Järvi-Laturi

Genre

drama film

Country

Finland

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

K-16

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young student moves far from his hometown to Helsinki for school. He worries about his mother's difficult marriage with her new husband. The story involves a crime element tied to organized crime.

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What happens

Homebound (Finnish: Kotia päin) is a 1989 Finnish crime drama film directed by Ilkka Järvi-Laturi. It tells the story of a young student who moves 600 kilometres (370 mi) away from his hometown to the capital to study, as he worries about his mother's problematic relationship with a new husband. The film is starring by Ilkka Koivula and Jonna Järnefelt. The film was Järvi-Laturi's first feature film. According to Järvi-Laturi, he was inspired by the 1986 news headline of Ilta-Sanomat: "The death of the one thrown into the sea was the revenge of the underworld". The news piqued his interest because it gave the impression of organized crime. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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