Frozen Land

Original title: Paha maa

2005
2h 10m

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One bad event begins a chain reaction of misery as problems transfer from one person to another. It starts when a schoolteacher is fired and projects his issues onto his teenage son.One bad event begins a chain reaction of misery as problems transfer from one person to another. It starts when a schoolteacher is fired and projects his issues onto his teenage son.One bad event begins a chain reaction of misery as problems transfer from one person to another. It starts when a schoolteacher is fired and projects his issues onto his teenage son.

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7.4/10

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Awards
- 17 wins & 5 nominations total

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Trivia
There was severe disagreement on the film's final cut. Director Aku Louhimies did not approve the edition which Solar Films originally planned to release. On 2 December 2004, Louhimies filed Helsinki Municipal Court a cease-and-desist letter requesting that Solar Films must not distribute the version he didn't approve, on threat of a 300,000-euro fine. The situation was solved some days later, when Louhimies and producer Markus Selin made one more edition of the film, which satisfied both parties.

Connections
Featured in Sulevi Peltola - hiljainen humoristi (2007)

Soundtracks
Sinisiä rappuja ja punaisia hintalappuja
Written by Steen1
Performed by Steen1

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Featured review

7/10

Good story, good movie

I saw this film at the 2006 Palm Springs International Film Festival and Director Aku Louhimies introduced his film and was on hand for Q&A after. For some reason this movie is titled Frozen Land in English so I don't know how the distributors got frozen out of Paha. This is a very good film. It doesn't for me have enough that I would knock it up a notch to the excellent category but I did talk to some viewers who felt that it was an excellent film. Louhimies said that back in Finland people either loved this movie or hated it and said a lot of people in theaters walked out on it. I'm sure some objected to some of the violence, swearing, drug and alcohol abuse and sexual explicate scenes. It's a very clever story of how these different lives are woven together because of a trickle down effect. This film has very interesting and strong characters. I would rate it a 7.0 out of a possible 10 and would see it again and recommend it with caution.