Reijo Kontio

Selja is in her thirties and lives in a shared flat with her friends. One day a boy appears at her door; a boy she gave up for adoption sixteen years earlier. Selja has a chance to get to know her son, but at the same time, makes a complete mess of her and her best friends’ lives. Urban Family is a new kind of music film set in the modern-day world.

Two troubled youths break out of their halfway house and make their way to one's home.

Two troubled youths break out of their halfway house and make their way to one's home.

Four stories about Finnish life intersect. In the first one, drum artist Monkki Mähönen arrives for a renovation job at his old band mate's summer villa. Second story revolves around wannabe motorcycle gang and its leader Jouni who are being humiliated at a village shop. Thirdly in the 1960s, a star reporter Erkki "Likasanko" Sysimetsä starts writing a once in a lifetime story about the womanizing of Arvo Hakala, a pipe organ repair man. In the fourth story, a fantasy and sci-fi film director Kurt "Kurre" von Riikonen is looking for financing of his upcoming movie Excalibur IV with catastrophic consequences.

Timo Stigu Mertala is a celebrated, award-winning adman, and sworn to singlehood. He is a well known figure in the Helsinki nightlife.

Anos 80. A sangrenta luta entre soviéticos e mujahidin, no Afeganistão, levou à morte milhares de soldados de ambos os lados. O cansado oficial Khokkol (Fyodor Bondarchuk) acompanha a luta dos jovens soldados soviéticos que, acreditando estar servindo ao país, morrem em uma batalha ocorrida na montanha conhecida como "Cume 3234".