ROAD NORTH

Directed by: Mika Kaurismäki
Original Title: Tie Pohjoiseen
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Cast: Vesa-Matti Loiri, Samuli Edelmann, Mari Perankoski, Irina Björklund, Peter Franzen, Elina Knihtilä
Written by: Sami Keski-Vähälä, Mika Kaurismäki
Produced by: Mika Kaursimäki
Production Company: Marianna Films Oy
Production year: 2012
Release year: 2012
Country: Finland
Language: Finnish, English, Swedish
Duration: 110 min
Subtitled Versions: English
Formats: DCP, HDCam

Synopsis:

Timo is an esteemed concert pianist whose personal life is on the rocks. One day he finds an older shabby-looking man at his door. The man, Leo, turns out to be his father who left the country when Timo was 3—and hasn't been in touch for 35 years. Leo, an eternal trickster with a positive outlook on life, had to leave his homeland thanks to a series of messy entanglements. Now he's come back to hand over a rather mysterious legacy to his son and answer questions regarding the past. To do this the two will have to embark on a trip together and hit the road north. What starts out as a comical and quirky clash of personalities ends up as an emotional revelation, as the two men inadvertently help each other to come to terms with their own failings.