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The South

2000 · 89 min

A sunlit, breezy caper that keeps things light and playful even as the scheming and jealousy simmer underneath.

Directed by
Aleksi Mäkelä
Genres
Drama, Crime, Romance
Starring
Juha Veijonen, Outi Mäenpää, Kärt Tomingas
Overview
A comedy of crime, romance and deception played out against the background of a vacation under the Mediterranean sun.

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Directed by
Aleksi Mäkelä
Genres
Drama, Crime, Romance
Starring
Juha Veijonen, Outi Mäenpää, Kärt Tomingas
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • love
  • crime
  • deception
Places
  • sea
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
drama, crime, romance
Directed by
Aleksi Mäkelä
Written by
Venla Mäkelä
Starring
Juha Veijonen, Outi Mäenpää, Kärt Tomingas, Samuli Edelmann, Karri Termonen, Ossi Tikkanen, Pekka Huotari, Tapio Kouki
Music
Hannu Korkeamäki
Cinematography
Pini Hellstedt
Runtime
89 min
Country
Finland
Languages
Finnish

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