Twisted Roots

Twisted Roots

99 mins | Oct. 9, 2009

In this stylish Finnish drama, the secrets and desires of a family can no longer be suppressed. Mikko turns out to have a hereditary illness. Since then he has been worried. How long can he continue to run the family business that he and inherited from his father, just like his illness? And how does he tell his teenage daughter and adult son that they might have the wrong genes? The imaginative eight-year-old Lumi, adopted from China, also cannot get away from her roots.

Twisted Roots

99 mins | Oct. 9, 2009

Twisted Roots
In this stylish Finnish drama, the secrets and desires of a family can no longer be suppressed. Mikko turns out to have a hereditary illness. Since then he has been worried. How long can he continue to run the family business that he and inherited from his father, just like his illness? And how does he tell his teenage daughter and adult son that they might have the wrong genes? The imaginative eight-year-old Lumi, adopted from China, also cannot get away from her roots.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Film i Väst, Edith Film Oy
Original title Väärät juuret
Directors Saara Saarela
Writers Selja Ahava-Foster, Saara Saarela

Cast

Pertti Sveholm

as Mikko

Milka Ahlroth

as Mirjami

Niko Saarela

as Sakari

Emma Louhivuori

as Pihla

Silva Robbins

as Lumi

Vieno Saaristo

as Mummi

Antti Litja

as Isoisä

Jarkko Pajunen

as Janne Savio

Meri Nenonen

as Marlene

Leo Leppäaho

as Jesse

Yan Ming Li

as Naapuripariskunta

Geng Sheng Liang

as Naapuripariskunta

Uuna Saarela

as Valokuvan tyttö