
Naked Harbour is a movie about Finnish love in the year 2011. It is a story about people who seek love and acceptance at any cost. During one winter week, all its characters face something irreversible. In the Sara-Lauri equation something is wrong; the life designed to be perfect is in crisis. Milla believes she has found a mentor and a way to the stars but the truth is otherwise. Pertti tries to take care of his physical fitness and his son but brings on a catastrophe. The ... (Full plot summary below)
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Naked Harbour is a movie about Finnish love in the year 2011. It is a story about people who seek love and acceptance at any cost. During one winter week, all its characters face something irreversible. In the Sara-Lauri equation something is wrong; the life designed to be perfect is in crisis. Milla believes she has found a mentor and a way to the stars but the truth is otherwise. Pertti tries to take care of his physical fitness and his son but brings on a catastrophe. The school bullies hassling Walter drive him to an extreme situation. Aleksi's mother doesn't understand how much a dog means to her son. American Robert gets to experience a Finnish winter, and Marika and her little daughter are forced to meet mortal fear. All of these characters are imperfect, weak, and lost, but all are driven by the need to be loved, seen, and touched. They fail to truly touch one another and they hurt each other, but in the background lives hope.
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| User ReviewAndrei DAku Louhimiehen "sisarteos" Pahalle Maalle on kokoelma tarinoita ihmisistä, jotka asuvat Vuosaaren kaupunginosassa. Teemoinaan yksinäisyys ja ihmisten läheisyyden kaipuu, elokuvan mailma on realistinen (jopa inho) ja lopun pientä toivonkipinää lukuunottamatta, aika synkähkö. Näyttelijäsuoritukset ovat kautta linjan vahvoja. |
| User ReviewMilla VLouhimies latest Helsinki set film features an Altman-esque tableau of intersecting characters and plot-lines. Amongst them are an American visiting the city on business, a junkie couple struggling to pay off a thug, a 16 year old who will "do anything" for fame, a bullied Russian immigrant boy, a couple whose marriage is falling apart, a schoolboy whose only friend is his dog, a father who projects his body issues onto his teenage son, and a young single mother undergoing chemotherapy. Finland often tops European surveys regarding suicide rates and, if 'Naked Harbour' is anything to go by, it's easy to see why. Practically every character is undergoing some form of abject misery and at times the film is genuinely heart-breaking, particularly the story-lines dealing with children. Louhimies seems to employ the American character, (played unconvincingly by Brit Pertwee. Couldn't the character have just as easily been British?), as a means of providing Finnish audiences with a way of viewing their society through an outsider's eyes. Aside from the liberal attitude to sex, the issues on display are quite universal. If Louhimies think's only Finns are obsessed with reality shows, he's kidding himself. The cast, Pertwee excepted, are all fantastic and, as a sometimes amusing, sometimes shocking, glimpse into contemporary Finnish society, it's at times fascinating. Unfortunately the script lets it down at times and could have used a rewrite or two. Some of the plot-lines are given more prominence than others and most of them seem to just fade out rather than conclude in a satisfying manner. I've seen Louhimies accused of misogyny throughout his prolific career and, on the evidence of 'Naked Harbour', such accusations may not be unfounded. The female characters are all either incredibly dumb or absolute bitches. Most of them appear to indulge in some level of prostitution, though this could be purely down to poor writing. |
| User ReviewChristopher WThe positiveness & exits in the end can hardly cover its (Finnish) despairs & sadness throughout the whole feature. Uncomfortable to watch, one quality feature though. |
| User ReviewVille HThe positiveness & exits in the end can hardly cover its (Finnish) despairs & sadness throughout the whole feature. Uncomfortable to watch, one quality feature though. |
| User ReviewPia KElokuva yllätti synkkyydellään... Näyttelijäsuoritukset olivat elokuvan parasta antia. (Suom. Vuosaari) |
| User ReviewLasse LVuosaari oli osin ahdistava katselukokemus, joka nosti pulssia ja sai olon tukalaksi. Pahaa oloa ja rappiota oli maksimoitu melkoisen hyvän näyttelijäkaartin voimin. Alepan keltainen kassi ei näyttänyt pirteältä itähelsinkiläistä lähiöloskaa vasten kuvattuna ja tärkein institutionaalinen järjestely seksiä varten oli prostituutio. Mutta mistähän näistä irtonaisista tarinoista olisi saanut kehiteltyä parhaan itsenäisen elokuvan? |