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Blindfolded

1999 · 91 min

A gentle, bittersweet childhood reminiscence that blends quiet humour with the ache of discovering parents are flawed.

Directed by
Matti Ijäs
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Martti Suosalo, Walter Gröhn, Mikko Vanhala
Overview
Two 9-year-old boys, Jontti and Länki, grow up in a Finnish seaside town in the 1960s. Länki's biggest dream is to run away on a ship to the sea where his father is rumoured to have died. Jontti too must discover that his father is not what he appears to be. When his dad moves away with another woman, Jontti is determined to win him back.

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Directed by
Matti Ijäs
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Martti Suosalo, Walter Gröhn, Mikko Vanhala
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • friendship
  • parenthood
  • identity
Places
  • small town
  • sea
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Martti Suosalo, Walter Gröhn, Mikko Vanhala, Turo Rannema, Anni Asikainen, Henna Hakkarainen, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Sulevi Peltola
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
91 min
Country
Finland
Languages
Finnish

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