The Collector (1997)

Original title

Neitoperho

Directed by

Auli Mantila

Genre

drama film

Country

Finland

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

K-16

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman who avoids work steals money from her sister and takes a stolen car to go on a road trip. She keeps committing crimes as she travels aimlessly.

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What happens

The Collector (Finnish: Neitoperho) is a 1997 Finnish drama film directed by Auli Mantila. The dark road movie tells the story of a work-avoiding woman who one day, out of frustration, steals the money from her sister and, with the help of a stolen car, sets off aimlessly to commit more crimes. According to director Mantila, the film was loosely inspired by is a 1963 thriller novel The Collector by John Fowles. The film was selected as the Finnish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards, but was not accepted, as a nominee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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