Eight Deadly Shots

Eight Deadly Shots

1972 · 145 min · ★ 7.7 · Drama

Small-scale farmer Pasi shoots four policemen who have come to arrest him for raged drunkenness. Rest of the movie is a long flashback examining the events that finally leads to the tragic shooting. As time goes by, Pasi sinks gradually deeper and deeper into the poverty, gets into trouble with both police and tax officials while family arguments grow more and more serious. Based on a true story.

Directed by Mikko Niskanen · Written by Mikko Niskanen

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