M/S Romantic (2019)

Directed by

Jani Volanen

Genre

drama, comedy

Country

Finland

Length

1 season, 4 episodes

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The series follows staff and passengers on a cruise ship traveling between Helsinki and Stockholm over the course of one day. It exposes awkward encounters and simmering conflicts among the people on board.

darkly comictensebleaksatiricalclaustrophobicdeadpansocially observant

What happens

M/S Romantic is a Finnish four-part black comedy miniseries created by Jani Volanen and Tommi Korpela. Volanen directed the series alone. M/S Romantic depicts one day aboard a cruise ship traveling between Helsinki and Stockholm. The series aired on Yle TV1 from 24 February to 17 March 2019, and all episodes were simultaneously released on the streaming service Yle Areena on 24 February. The first episode was watched by 574,000 people on television and had over 350,000 views on Yle Areena by 6 March 2019. M/S Romantic won the 2019 Golden Venla for Best Drama Series. Additionally, Volanen received the Best Director Venla, Volanen and Korpela jointly won Best Writer Venlas, and Hannu-Pekka Björkman was awarded Best Actor. The series' budget was €1,221,058, of which €100,000 was funded by the Finnish Film Foundation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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