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Helsinki Syndrome (2022)

Helsinki Syndrome poster
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
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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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