Freakin' Beautiful World

Freakin' Beautiful World (Finnish: Sairaan kaunis maailma) is a 1997 Finnish drama film written and directed by Jarmo Lampela. The film is about two teenage boys from Helsinki who owe money to a local drug dealer. In order to pay their debt, they have to travel to Stockholm to collect drugs for the drug dealer.[1]

Freakin' Beautiful World
Directed byJarmo Lampela
Written byJarmo Lampela
Produced byMika Ritalahti
StarringJoonas Bragge
Arttu Kapulainen
Pihla Penttinen
Ilkka Koivula
Kati Outinen
CinematographyHarri Räty
Edited byKimmo Taavila
Music byPetri Nieminen
Production
company
Lasihelmi Filmi
Distributed byFinnkino
Release date
  • 11 April 1997 (1997-04-11) (Finland)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryFinland
LanguageFinnish

The film won Jussi Awards for Best Film, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing.[2]

Cast

  • Joonas Bragge as Ismo, "Ippe"
  • Arttu Kapulainen as Pauli, "Papu"
  • Pihla Penttinen as Mia
  • Ilkka Koivula as Kalevi "Kalle" Lahtinen
  • Kati Outinen as Tarja, Ippe's mother
  • Jyri Ojansivu as Sami, Papu's brother
  • Pekka Valkeejärvi as Esa, Papu's father
  • Sakari Korhonen as Sakke, Ippe's father
  • Irja Matikainen as Anita, Mia's mother

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References

  1. Rosenqvist, Juha (January 1, 1998). "Sairaan kaunis maailma (dvd-arvostelu)". Film-O-Holic.com (in Finnish). Filmiverkko ry. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
  2. "Sairaan kaunis maailma (1997) – Distribution". Elonet (in Finnish). National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on February 13, 2013. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
  3. "Sairaan kaunis maailma (1997) – Credits". Elonet (in Finnish). National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on February 13, 2013. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
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