Paha maa

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Paha maa
DVD cover
Directed by	Aku Louhimies
Produced by	Markus Selin
Written by	Aku Louhimies
Starring	Jasper Pääkkönen, Mikko Leppilampi, Pamela Tola
Music by	[[]]
Cinematography	Rauno Ronkainen
Editing by	Samu Heikkilä
Release date(s)	2005
Running time	130 min
Language	Finnish
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Paha maa (English: Frozen Land) is a 2005 critically acclaimed dark Finnish film drama directed and written by Aku Louhimies starring Jasper Pääkkönen, Mikko Leppilampi and Pamela Tola.

[edit] Plot

Tagline: In the end things work out for the best for all of us.

When a schoolteacher is sacked, he projects his bad mood at his troubled teenage son. The son, in turn, buys a CD player from a pawnshop with counterfeit money. This starts a chain reaction of misery as every victim projects his problems on to another person.

[edit] Awards

The film has won several awards:

Athens International Film Festival 2005: Best Screenplay
Bergen International Film Festival 2005: Jury Award
Göteborg Film Festival 2005: Nordic Film Prize
Jussi 2006:
- Best Costume Design
- Best Direction
- Best Editing
- Best Film
- Best Script
- Best Sound Design
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
Leeds International Film Festival 2005: Golden Owl Award
Lübeck Nordic Film Days 2005: NDR Promotion Prize - Honorable Mention
Moscow International Film Festival 2005: Special Jury Prize