Twisted Roots

Twisted Roots (2009)

Directed by Saara Saarela

1h 39m

Drama

In this stylish Finnish drama, the secrets and desires of a family can no longer be suppressed. Mikko turns out to have a hereditary illness. Since then he has been worried. How long can he continue to run the family business that he and inherited from his father, just like his illness? And how does he tell his teenage daughter and adult son that they might have the wrong genes? The imaginative eight-year-old Lumi, adopted from China, also cannot get away from her roots.

Cast

Pertti Sveholm

Pertti Sveholm

Mikko

Milka Ahlroth

Milka Ahlroth

Mirjami

Niko Saarela

Niko Saarela

Sakari

Emma Louhivuori

Emma Louhivuori

Pihla

Silva Robbins

Silva Robbins

Lumi

Johannes Holopainen

Johannes Holopainen

Kosmo

Vieno Saaristo

Vieno Saaristo

Mummi

Antti Litja

Antti Litja

Isoisä

Jarkko Pajunen

Jarkko Pajunen

Janne Savio

Crew

Olli Pärnänen

Olli Pärnänen

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Saara Saarela

Saara Saarela

Writer

Liisa Penttilä-Asikainen

Liisa Penttilä-Asikainen

Producer

Marjut Samulin

Marjut Samulin

Makeup Designer

Selja Ahava-Foster

Selja Ahava-Foster

Writer

Janne Laine

Janne Laine

Sound Designer

Harri Ylönen

Harri Ylönen

Editor

Tiina Kaukanen

Tiina Kaukanen

Costume Design

Rauno Ronkainen

Rauno Ronkainen

Director of Photography

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