Directed by:
Hannu SalonenCinematography:
Pini HellstedtCast:
Antti Reini, Jasper Pääkkönen, Jukka Puotila, Jukka-Pekka Palo, Karoliina Blackburn, Jarmo Perälä, Konsta Mäkelä, Miska Kaukonen, Robert Enckell (more)Plots(1)
Private Eye Jussi Vares finds two dead bodies in a remote house; one of the victims is mutilated, like in a ritual murder case.
A year later, Vares is hired to investigate the case. He finds clues that confirm the old rumor; the underworld of the Finnish west coast is controlled by an invisible godfather; The Sheriff – a man that no one knows and no one is supposed to talk about. Vares gets dangerously close to the "Council" – a secret gentlemen's club, an executive of The Sheriff. To the members of the Council, human life is cheap.
As his investigations proceed, Vares gets too close to the truth and ends up being a target himself. But a wrong person dies and to make justice happen, Vares has to step into the unmapped gray area, where the line between justice and injustice is thin.
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Antti Reini
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Patrik, Age 1.5 (2008)
Jasper Pääkkönen
Finland
Best movies:
Frozen Land (2005)
Heart of Lion (2013)
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Jukka Puotila
Finland
Best movies:
Mother of Mine (2005)
The Year of the Wolf (2007)
A Patriotic Man (2013)
Jukka-Pekka Palo
Finland
Best movies:
Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Maigret (1991) (series)
Soap (2006)
Karoliina Blackburn
Finland
Best movies:
Star Wreck (2005)
Skeleton Crew (2009)
Jarmo Perälä
Best movies:
Frozen Land (2005)
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes (2006)
The Dissidents (2017)
Konsta Mäkelä
Finland
Best movies:
Promise (2005)
The Winter War (1989)
The Snow Queen (1986)
Miska Kaukonen
Best movies:
Frozen Land (2005)
Unknown Soldier (2017)
Tears of April (2008)
Robert Enckell
Finland
Best movies:
Unknown Soldier (2017)
Ambush (1999)
Border (2018)
Ilkka Heiskanen
Finland
Best movies:
Unknown Soldier (2017)
Tears of April (2008)
Silence (2011)
Hannele Laaksonen
Finland
Best movies:
Promise (2005)
Mika Kujala
Finland
Best movies:
Absolution (2015)
Adult Camp (2015)
Love and Other Troubles (2012)
Eppu Salminen
Finland
Best movies:
A Patriotic Man (2013)
Upswing (2003)
Adult Camp (2015)
Matti Onnismaa
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Promise (2005)
The Winter War (1989)
Mikko Kouki
Finland
Best movies:
Frozen Land (2005)
Unknown Soldier (2017)
Christmas Story (2007)
Petri Aulin
Finland
Best movies:
The Girl King (2015)
Love and Other Troubles (2012)
Stefan Karlsson
Finland
Best movies:
Absolution (2015)
The Kiss of Evil (2011)
The Girl King (2015)