IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
IFFI-2008 - International Film Festival of India
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COMPETITION<br />
CINEMA OF THE WORLD<br />
<strong>IFFI</strong>-<strong>2008</strong><br />
Finland<br />
Black Ice / Musta Jaa<br />
<strong>2008</strong>, 35 mm, Colour, 117 mins, Finnish<br />
Director<br />
Petri Kotwica<br />
Screenplay<br />
Petri Kotwica<br />
Cinematography<br />
Harri Räty<br />
Editor<br />
Jukka Nykänen<br />
Music<br />
Eicca Toppinen<br />
Cast<br />
Outi Mäenpää, Martti Suosalo, Ria Kataja<br />
Production Design<br />
Sattva-Hanna Toiviainen<br />
Costumes<br />
Kristiina Saha<br />
Production<br />
Petri Kotwica<br />
Wallininkatu 8 A 14, 00530 Helsinki<br />
T: +358 50 4913800<br />
Email: kotwica@kolumbus.fi<br />
<strong>Festival</strong>s & Awards<br />
Berlin, <strong>Festival</strong> Cinematográfico Internacional del Uruguay,<br />
Moscow, Brussels, Palic, Motovun (Zagreb), Calgary,<br />
Warsaw, Canberra, Leeds, Taipei Golden Horse festival,<br />
Osaka, Tallinn, Bratislava<br />
It is a suspense drama about an unlikely relationship between two women. The story<br />
takes place in Helsinki and its surroundings. The main characters, Saara and Tuuli, are<br />
irresistible and unpredictable women <strong>of</strong> equal strength. Saara is a gynaecologist on the<br />
verge <strong>of</strong> her 40th birthday. She is married to Leo, an architect and a lecturer at the<br />
University <strong>of</strong> Technology. They have postponed having a child <strong>of</strong> their own. Saara<br />
suspects her husband <strong>of</strong> having an affair. Tuuli is a 25-year-old architecture student,<br />
who also instructs a taekwondo class. Her boyfriend is the lecturer, Leo. Everything<br />
would be fine, if only Leo could be man enough to sort things out with the "almost exwife".<br />
Saara finds out about Tuuli and starts to follow and investigate her. Saara attends<br />
Tuuli's taekwondo class under a false identity. Taking advantage <strong>of</strong> knowing Tuuli's<br />
interests, Saara gradually wins Tuuli's trust. Saara becomes addicted to find out more<br />
and more details. Tuuli, unaware <strong>of</strong> Saara's identity, opens her heart about her<br />
relationship with Saara's husband. Surprisingly enough, Saara seems to enjoy Tuuli's<br />
company until Tuuli tells her she might be pregnant with Leo's baby. A journey towards<br />
an inevitable disclosure <strong>of</strong> lies begins. Not wanting to watch over her shoulder for the<br />
rest <strong>of</strong> her life, it is finally Tuuli who has to choose a false identity in order to get close to<br />
Saara for one more time…<br />
Petri Kotwica, who did her studies at Finnish Theatre Academy and Helsinki University<br />
<strong>of</strong> Art and Design during 1992 - 1999, has made a number <strong>of</strong> short films and another<br />
feature film, Homesick, during his career.<br />
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