Ilkka, the elder of the two brothers, is leaving to serve a prison sentence. I will be completely honest, i was confused as to what this movie was all about. Concrete night is a film directed by pirjo honkasalo with johannes brotherus, jari virman, anneli karppinen, juhan ulfsak, year. The official finnish submission to the academy awards for best foreign language film captures. During his last 24 hours of freedom, his little brother follows the brother he admires through the fateful sights of that night. The film is set during summer in a stifling helsinki slum so eerily run down. A stunning, dreamlike odyssey through a beautiful and otherworldly helsinki over the course of one evening, concrete night follows the impressionable 14yearold simo as he keeps his soontobe incarcerated brother company. Pirjo honkasalos concrete night and dome karukoskis heart of a lion are among the 27 new films set to screen at the second edition of finnish film affair, the professional forum running. In the 1990s she focused on feature documentaries such as the trilogy of the sacred and the satanic mysterion, tanjuska and the 7 devils and atman. Pirjo honkasalos concrete night and dome karukoskis heart of a lion are among the 27 new films set to screen at the second edition of finnish film affair, the professional forum.
Its a film about a young mind that was shattered long before the allencompassing misanthropy may have got a hold of it. Pirjo honkasalos blackandwhite bummer drowns itself in selfconscious style. The biggest problem i had with this movie is the way the director wanted to make it look sad. A 14yearold boy in a stifling helsinki slum takes some unwise life lessons from his soontobeincarcerated older brother, in finnish master pirjo honkasalos gorgeously stylized and emotionally devastating work about what we pass on to younger generations, and the ways we do it. Concrete night opens in a cramped, concretejungle home. The elder of the two brothers is getting ready to go and serve his prison sentence.
A fourteenyearold boy in a stifling helsinki slum takes some unwise life lessons from his soontobeincarcerated older brother, in finnish master pirjo honkasalos gorgeously stylized and. Concrete night bluray johannes brotherus dvdbeaver. A stunning, dreamlike odyssey through a beautiful and otherworldly helsinki over the course of one evening, concrete night follows the impressionable 14yearold. The film was chosen for the 1981 cannes film festival. The black and white filming, the sad buildings where they live, skies being dark all the. Cinema scope tiff 20 concrete night pirjo honkasalo.
The screening took place at the elegant tiff bell lightbox. Find out where to watch, buy, and rent concrete night online on moviefone. Simo lives in a public housing project with his questionable mother and his older brother, who is soon to be carted off to prison for crimes unbeknownst to us. During ilkkas last 24 hours of freedom, his younger brother, vulnerable simo, follows the brother he admires through the fateful events of that night. Concrete night is not a film about school killings, mass murderers or the chechen brothers in boston. Leeds international film festival 20 concrete night 20. Concrete night 20 stream and watch online moviefone. Concrete night follows our dashing young protagonist simo through the slums of helsinki and one truly terrifying dream montage that lands him in a submerged train underwater. General question about the swedish film database there are fact errors on the page i would like to add information. A dreamlike odyssey through helsinki over the course of one evening, concrete night follows the impressionable 14yearold simo as he keeps his soontobe incarcerated brother company. The decision to shoot concrete night in starkly contrasted black and white is a mysterious one, only lending the film an unreality to offset the grittiness the story strives for. The film is based on a novel with the same name, written by pirkko saisio and published in 1981, though adapted to modern times. Concrete night nude scenes 0 images and 1 video including appearances from alex anton. Concrete night pirjo honkasalo, finlandsweden denmark world premiere home from home.
Shot in black and white, it follows simo through a day and night in a helsinki slum, where he lives in a public housing project with his neglectful mother and soon to be incarcerated brother, who gives simo all of the dubious wisdom he can. Concrete night had its world premiere at toronto international film festival in the masters series in september 20. Concrete night is her first fiction feature since fireeater in 1998, and although theres no question that honkasalo exhibits a masters control of the medium, she also seems a little rusty. Watch concrete night online vimeo on demand on vimeo. The film was shot in the helsinki area in finland in september and october 2012. Bluray has done an excellent job in exporting the film experience. Concrete night is a visually engaging film, more interesting for its expressive shot design than for any sort of causal linear satisfaction. The film is set during summer in a stifling helsinki slum so eerily run down that a sticky sense of revulsion emanates from each location, from the industrial wastelands where young simo johannes. Pirjo irene honkasalo born 22 february 1947 is a finnish film director who has. Le film concrete night 20 vostfr posted on may 26, 2017 by admin with no comments regarder film concrete night en streaming, telecharger film concrete night gratuitement, voir film concrete night en ligne. I cant recommend this movie but i did enjoy the experience. Concrete night is a dreamlike odyssey through the fragile mind of a young boy as he loses his innocence. The official finnish submission to the academy awards captures the pain and joy of youth through exquisite, eyepopping blackand.
The cinematography, production design and direction in concrete night are all truly stunning. Finnish master pirjo honkasalos feverish, stylized concrete night. When former comedian mark mccarthy is faced with a rare form of cancer, he hires a young, impressionable cameraman to document his crude and comical lessons on what it means to be a man for his unborn son. How to be a man 20 1h 25min comedy 15 march 2014 usa storyline. Telecharger concrete night 20 film complet en francais.
Betoniyo is a 20 drama film directed by finnish filmmaker pirjo honkasalo. This is a film that fits quite snugly into a particular mode of poetic miserablism. A stunning, dreamlike odyssey through a beautiful and otherworldly helsinki over the course of one evening, concrete night follows the impressionable 14yearold simo as he keeps his soontobe. Concrete night opens in a cramped, concrete jungle home. Concrete night had its world premiere at toronto international film. Aku louhimies is an accomplished finnish film director and screenwriter. Caught in this maze, unable to see very far, simo has. The official finnish submission to the academy awards r for best foreign language film captures the pain and joy of youth through exquisite, eyepopping. The film is based on a novel with the same name, written. In the maze of concrete where he lies, a long uncaredfor helsinki housing estate, those above can look down on everything as if in a panopticon, but those below are constantly lost. During his last 24 hours of freedom, he and his vulnerable younger brother simo explore the events that sealed ilkkas fate. The thing that makes this film so engaging is its very carefully thought out visual style.
Ilkka, the elder of two brothers, is leaving to serve a prison sentence. Director pirjo honkasalo wrote the film script based on the merciless novel concrete night by pirkko saisio, which was published in 1981. The terrifying dream opening sequence sets the stage for what is a very bleak, dark film. A film by pirjo honkasalo 96min, finlandswedendenmark 20 concrete night opens in a cramped, concrete jungle home. Johannes brotherus, jari virman, juhan ulfsak, anneli karppinen. Honkasalo returned to fiction with fireeater 1998 and concrete night 20, both of which were written by pirkko saisio.
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