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An Eye for an Eye (1999)

An Eye for an Eye poster
Original title
Silmä silmästä
Directed by
Atro Lahtela
Genre
horror film
Country
Finland
Runtime
1h 21m
Rated
K-16
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman is haunted by nightmares. She returns to her childhood village to uncover secrets about the town and her dead father.

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What happens

An Eye for an Eye (Finnish: Silmä silmästä) is a 1999 Finnish horror drama film written and directed by Atro Lahtela. It tells the story of a woman, who is haunted by nightmares, and who returns to her old home village, finding out about the secret past of both the village and her dead father. The film's actors include Meri Nenonen, Jukka-Pekka Palo, Johanna af Schultén and double role made Jani Volanen. The film's production costs were more than FIM 1.8 million. The film has been screened at the Helsinki International Film Festival in 1999 and at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival in South Korea in 2000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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