A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
October 15, 2010
Original Title:
Napapiirin sankarit
Alternate Titles:
Lappland Odyssé
北极圈的英雄
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
Anagram Film
Film i Väst
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
Helsinki-filmi
Ripple World Pictures
Production Countries:
Finland | Ireland | Sweden
Ratings / Certifications:
CA: 14A DE: 12 FI: K-12 FR: U
Runtime: 95
Lapland Odyssey is a comedy about Janne, a man from Lapland in northern Finland, a man who has made a career out of living on welfare. Inari, his girlfriend, is tired of Janne's incapability of getting a grip on life, Janne wasn't even able to buy a digital TV box that Inari had given money for. Inari gives an ultimatum: a digital box needs to arrive by dawn or she leaves. Janne sets out into the night with his two friends to find a box. On their way to the city of Rovaniemi, Janne and his friends face many challenges, obstacles and temptations. They learn that they need to be daring. There's no room to give into bitterness. The most important thing isn't success, but rather the journey in itself.
"B" Camera Operator:
Mikko Leinonen
Assistant Director:
Antti Lahtinen
Associate Producer:
Annika Sucksdorff
Casting:
Pia Pesonen
Tutsa Huuhka
Co-Producer:
Martin Persson
Jacqueline Kerrin
Dominic Wright
Costume Design:
Anna Vilppunen
Director:
Dome Karukoski
Director of Photography:
Pini Hellstedt
Editor:
Harri Ylönen
Executive Producer:
Olli Haikka
First Assistant Camera:
Jan Granström
Gaffer:
Jani Lehtinen
Key Grip:
Karri Takala
Lighting Technician:
Antti Pirinen
Sami Mäntymaa
Line Producer:
Heidi Laitinen
Location Manager:
Hessu Tönkyrä
Location Scout:
Hessu Tönkyrä
Makeup Artist:
Kata Launonen
Original Music Composer:
Lance Hogan
Producer:
Aleksi Bardy
Production Assistant:
Tommi Kilpiö
Production Design:
Pirjo Rossi
Production Sound Mixer:
Tuomas Klaavo
Property Master:
Riina Sipiläinen
Script Supervisor:
Anni Pänkäälä
Tuula Nikkola
Second Assistant Camera:
Jarkko Liikanen
Petri Kiljunen
Second Assistant Director:
Kaisa Roover
Sound Designer:
Niklas Skarp
Christian Holm
Sound Editor:
Linda Brännström
Still Photographer:
Jan Granström
Stunt Coordinator:
Reijo Kontio
Visual Effects:
Elin Kothe
Jacqueline Galvin
Malin Leuchovius
Andreas Hylander
Håkan Blomdahl
Visual Effects Coordinator:
Mark Cumberton
Visual Effects Supervisor:
Scott McDonnell
Jacob Otterström
Daniel Reidler
Niall Mooney
Writer:
Pekko Pesonen
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