Hellsinki (2009)

Original title

Rööperi

Directed by

Aleksi Mäkelä

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

Finland

Runtime

2h 13m

Rated

K-16

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 51 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two criminals navigate the underworld of a Helsinki neighborhood from the 1960s to the 1970s. The film follows their actions and the consequences over more than a decade.

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What happens

Hellsinki (Finnish: Rööperi) is a 2009 Finnish film directed by Aleksi Mäkelä. The film is based on the novel Rööperi – rikoksen vuodet 1955–2005 by Harri Nykänen and Tom Sjöberg. Hellsinki follows the journey of two criminals, Tomppa and Krisu, in Punavuori (in slang Rööperi), a neighbourhood in Helsinki, from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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