Lakeuden kutsu

Lakeuden kutsu

2000 · 98 min · ★ 5.8 · Drama

Businessman Erkki Hakala returns to Ostrobothnia after years in Florida and buys a metal workshop in Jalasjärvi from the unknown Partanen brothers with his business partner Taisto Matsomppi. Erkki misses his wife Kaisu, who back in the day stayed in Finland, and his child, but will the man be forgiven for years of absence?

Directed by Ilkka Vanne · Written by Antti Tuuri

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