Concrete Night

Concrete Night

96 mins | Drama | Nov. 1, 2013

A 14-year-old boy in a stifling Helsinki slum takes some unwise life lessons from his soon-to-be-incarcerated older brother, in Finnish master Pirjo Honkasalo’s gorgeously stylized and emotionally devastating work about what we pass on to younger generations, and the ways we do it.

Concrete Night

96 mins | Drama | Nov. 1, 2013

Concrete Night
A 14-year-old boy in a stifling Helsinki slum takes some unwise life lessons from his soon-to-be-incarcerated older brother, in Finnish master Pirjo Honkasalo’s gorgeously stylized and emotionally devastating work about what we pass on to younger generations, and the ways we do it.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Plattform Produktion, Oy Bufo Ab, Magic Hour Films
Original title Betoniyö
Directors Pirjo Honkasalo
Writers Pirkko Saisio, Pirjo Honkasalo

Cast

Jari Virman

as Ilkka

Anneli Karppinen

as Mother

Juhan Ulfsak

as Man

Alex Anton

as Jusa

Pauli Poranen

as Taxi driver

Teijo Eloranta

as Man with grey hair

Mauno Paajanen

as Twiggy