Concrete Night (Betoniyö)
German title: Nacht in Beton
Francaise title: Nuit de béton
Spain title: Esclavos de la Noche
Greek title: Σκληρή Νύχτα
Russian title: Бетонная ночь
Original title: Betoniyö
Francaise title: Nuit de béton
Spain title: Esclavos de la Noche
Greek title: Σκληρή Νύχτα
Russian title: Бетонная ночь
Original title: Betoniyö
Youth drama – Finland, Sweden, Denmark
Production year: 2012
Movie length: 96 minutes
Production year: 2012
Movie length: 96 minutes
Director: Pirjo Honkasalo
Writer: Pirjo Honkasalo, Pirkko Saisio
Cinematograph: Peter Flinckenberg
Music: Karl Frid, Pär Frid
Writer: Pirjo Honkasalo, Pirkko Saisio
Cinematograph: Peter Flinckenberg
Music: Karl Frid, Pär Frid
Movie description:
»Concrete Night« opens in a cramped, concrete-jungle home. Ilkka, the elder of the two brothers, is leaving to serve a prison sentence. During Ilkka’s last 24 hours of freedom, his younger brother, vulnerable Simo, follows the brother he admires through the fateful events of that night. Pirjo Honkasalo’s bold and perceptive urban film is a dream-like odyssey about a fragile mind of a young boy and the loss of innocence.
»Concrete Night« tells about a 14-year-old boy named Simo who still lacks his own sense of self and the ability to protect himself from his surroundings. Simo and his big brother Ilkka are the sons of a helpless and unpredictable single mother. Their chaotic home is located deep in the heart of a concrete jungle in Helsinki. Ilkka has one day of freedom left before starting his prison sentence. The mother persuades Simo to spend the last night with his brother. Events heighten throughout the one day and night in Helsinki and the brothers witness incidents they would rather not see. Simo, who has no ability to distort what he sees or delude himself, sees things accurately as they are. When unfiltered, the world seems unbearable. Finally a casual encounter with a photographer, whose intentions Simo misreads, launches him into blind fear, which explodes in panic stricken violence. In this violence Simo finds his lacking identity, his true face.
»Concrete Night« tells about a 14-year-old boy named Simo who still lacks his own sense of self and the ability to protect himself from his surroundings. Simo and his big brother Ilkka are the sons of a helpless and unpredictable single mother. Their chaotic home is located deep in the heart of a concrete jungle in Helsinki. Ilkka has one day of freedom left before starting his prison sentence. The mother persuades Simo to spend the last night with his brother. Events heighten throughout the one day and night in Helsinki and the brothers witness incidents they would rather not see. Simo, who has no ability to distort what he sees or delude himself, sees things accurately as they are. When unfiltered, the world seems unbearable. Finally a casual encounter with a photographer, whose intentions Simo misreads, launches him into blind fear, which explodes in panic stricken violence. In this violence Simo finds his lacking identity, his true face.
Boy Actors
Johannes Brotherus
(Simo, 14 years old)
(Simo, 14 years old)
Year of birth: 1997
Age of the actor:
approximately 15 years old
Age of the actor:
approximately 15 years old
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