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Restless (2000)

Restless poster
Original title
Levottomat
Directed by
Aku Louhimies
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Finland
Runtime
1h 51m
Rated
K-16
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 57 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young man in Helsinki becomes entangled in a series of intense sexual relationships. He struggles with love and commitment as his encounters grow more complicated.

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What happens

Restless (Finnish: Levottomat) is a 2000 Finnish romantic film directed by Aku Louhimies. It was entered into the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival. The sex scenes in the film sparked uproar and disapproval from the audience and critics after the release. Critic Antti Lindqvist wrote in Katso (5/2000) that the director throws more sex scenes and naked women and men on the screen more than anyone since Lauri Törhönen's 1986 film The Undressing. Restless was followed by Me and Morrison (2001) and Addiction (2004). Restless was co-written by Louhimies and Aleksi Bardy, but they did not participate in the sequels. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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