Hellsinki

Hellsinki

2009 · 136 min · FI · 6.3 (39 votes)
Dir. Aleksi Mäkelä · Starring Samuli Edelmann, Peter Franzén, Pihla Viitala, Kari Hietalahti, Juha Veijonen, Jasper Pääkkönen · Music Kalle Chydenius

Happiness, jail or the grave?

CrimeDrama

In the mid-1960s, three small-time Finnish bootleggers seize control of their Helsinki neighborhood's black-market liquor business.

VIBE

A grim, atmospheric dive into Helsinki's underworld. This film feels like a cold, hard punch, exploring the brutal rise of bootleggers in a city where desperation breeds ambition. It's a raw, unflinching look at crime and consequence.

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