
Original Title: Hyvä poika
Director:
Zaida Bergroth
Finland
Finnish with subtitles
87 min
ReelWomen
New Directors Competition
Synopsis:
Seventeen-year-old Ilmari has spent most of his young life looking after his mother, Leila, a renowned actress who loves to be the center of attention, and his younger brother. After a recent scandal, Leila takes all three of them to a distant island for a quiet weekend but soon grows bored and invites all of her friends over for a party. There, she falls for scriptwriter Aimo, and soon Ilmari’s resentment explodes in this tragic portrait of a dysfunctional family.
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