Helsinki Syndrome (2022)

Original title

Helsinki-syndrooma

Directed by

Juuso Syrjä

Genre

crime, drama

Country

Finland

Length

2 seasons, 14 episodes

Rated

12

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An electrician takes a journalist and her colleagues hostage in a newspaper office. He wants them to investigate who caused the 1990s Finnish banking crisis that left him in long-term debt. A negotiator tries to resolve the standoff.

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What happens

Helsinki Syndrome (Finnish: Helsinki-syndrooma) is a Finnish television crime and drama series that began broadcasting on 2 September 2022 on Yle TV1. It was created by Miikko Oikkonen, who co-wrote the screenplay with Olli Suitiala, Tuomas Hakola and Olli Koivula. The series was directed by Juuso Syrjä, Lenka Hellstedt or Marko Mäkilaakso. The first season of eight episodes is set in the early 2020s beginning with a newspaper office, which introduces Elias (Peter Franzén) as an electrician who holds hostage the journalist Hanna (Oona Airola) and her colleagues. Negotiator Jarmo (Taneli Mäkelä) attempts to resolve the situation. Elias is a victim of the 1990s Finnish banking crisis; he wants the journalists to determine who is responsible for the predicament of long-term debtors. A second season of six episodes followed from 21 November 2024. Franzén, Mäkelä and Airola reprise their roles. Action is set two months later with Elias now a fugitive, with Jarmo hunting him and Hanna investigates an illegal government directive to courts in mid-1990s to absolve banks for causing long-term debt. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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