Moonlight Sonata II: The Street Sweepers

Moonlight Sonata II: The Street Sweepers

1991 · 86 min · ★ 4.7 · Horror, Comedy

A sequel to Soinio's film Kuutamosonaatti (Moonlight Sonata) of 1988. A rural family clings to life until the resourceful Sulo uses the salvific powers of sauna, moonshine, and tar to resurrect his injured brother Arvo, their deceased mother, and even buried revolutionaries. When Arvo drifts to Helsinki and falls into illicit moonshining and wild pursuits of a celebrity, Sulo and their revived mother set out to retrieve him from his urban excesses.

Directed by Olli Soinio · Written by Olli Soinio

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