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A Moment in the Reeds

2018 · 108 min

A hushed, sunlit lakeside idyll where two lonely strangers slowly open up to each other, tender and quietly aching.

Directed by
Mikko Mäkelä
Genres
Romance, Drama
Overview
Having moved to Paris for university, Leevi returns to his native Finland for the summer to help his estranged father renovate the family lake house so it can be sold. Tareq, a recent asylum seeker from Syria, has been hired to help with the work, and when Leevi's father has to return to town on business, the two young men establish a connection and embark on a romance set against the idyllic Finnish summer. However, looming over this chance encounter, is the father's imminent return to the lake house, the continuation of Leevi's studies abroad as well as Tareq's complex relationship with his family in Syria.

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Directed by
Mikko Mäkelä
Genres
Romance, Drama
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • isolation
  • family
  • immigration
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance8
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
romance, drama
Directed by
Mikko Mäkelä
Written by
Mikko Mäkelä
Starring
Janne Puustinen, Boodi Kabbani, Mika Melender, Virpi Rautsiala
Cinematography
Iikka Salminen
Runtime
108 min
Country
Finland
Languages
English, Finnish

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