Games People Play (2020)

Original title

Seurapeli

Directed by

Jenni Toivoniemi

Genre

drama, comedy

Country

Finland

Runtime

2h

Rated

K-12

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of old friends gathers for Mitzi's 40th birthday party. During the celebration, they fall back into the immature behavior they had in their youth.

bittersweetreflectivehumorousmelancholicwistfulcharacter-drivenrelatableintrospective

What happens

Games People Play (Finnish: Seurapeli) is a Finnish comedy-drama film, directed by Jenni Toivoniemi and released in 2020. Her full-length directorial debut, the film centres on a group of old friends who gather for the 40th birthday of Mitzi (Emmi Parviainen), and regress into their old and immature youthful patterns as they interact. The cast also includes Paula Vesala, Eero Milonoff, Laura Birn, Samuli Niittymäki, Iida-Maria Heinonen and Christian Hillborg. The film premiered on 29 January 2020 in the Nordic Competition at the Gothenburg Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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