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Young Love

2001 · 79 min

A gentle, melancholic coming-of-age story that observes its young hero with quiet tenderness and a touch of unease.

Directed by
Arto Lehkamo
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Joonas Nordman, Saija Lentonen, Sari Havas
Overview
Jukka, 13, is coached in photography by his openly gay art teacher. With his dead father's old camera, Jukka sees Johanna, a beautiful girl in her early twenties being physically abused by her stepfather. With the help of the local fire department, Jukka comes to her rescue. He quickly befriends the girl who works in a nearby supermarket, claims to become her manager and enters her in a beauty contest.

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Directed by
Arto Lehkamo
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Joonas Nordman, Saija Lentonen, Sari Havas
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 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
  • trauma
  • isolation
  • family
  • identity
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
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
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Arto Lehkamo
Written by
Arto Lehkamo
Starring
Joonas Nordman, Saija Lentonen, Sari Havas, Pekka Lukka, Antti Aro, Marc Gassot, Anna-Leena Härkönen, Ari-Pekka Tervahauta
Music
Teropekka Virtanen
Cinematography
Johann Sigfússon
Runtime
79 min
Country
Denmark, Finland
Languages
Finnish

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