Frozen Finland, ‘Land of mournful songs’, hung over by snow, grim.
A film that slip-slides from low point to lower to lowest.
People get fucked in the bottom, shot in the head, crushed by trains, battered by vacuum cleaners.
They drink themselves into oblivion. Because they’re terminally, Finishly, depressed. And it’s Winter. And Life-is-Shit.
I wanted to see some ‘proper’ Winter. I got Winter.
I got icy desolation. I got mega-misery. I got gloomy-as-fuck.
‘Frozen Land’ makes you want to go and hide.
Inside a warmer and happier film.
Dir: Aku Louhimies, Finland
6/10
