Gotta Run!

Gotta Run!

1982 · 109 min · ★ 6.3 · Drama

Juuso, Late, and Pyry return from military service to their small village in the Finnish countryside. Finding work is difficult there, so Juuso decides to take a job on a Norwegian oil drilling platform. Late could start working on his family's chicken farm but wants to break free from his father who has a new wife. Looking for work in Gothenburg, Sweden, he only runs into more problems and is deported back to Finland. Pyry would like to take over his late father's farm but family quarrels over the estate make him quit his agricultural studies and, together with drifter Late, take a job in a steel mill in southern Finland.

Directed by Mikko Niskanen · Written by Mikko Niskanen

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Timo Torikka Juuso Tammilehto
Heikki Paavilainen Pyry Kinnunen
Tero Niva Lauri Koivisto, "Late"
Sanna Majanlahti Taina
Paavo Pentikäinen Pena, Pyry's brother
Tuulikki Kuorikoski Lissu
Vesa Vierikko Ilpo Välikangas
Kauko Hynninen Laten isä
Mikko Niskanen Aaro, työnjohtaja
Leena Uotila Tuula, Aaron aviopuoliso
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