Drama · Finland · 1992 · 1h 38m

The Prodigal Son

Tuhlaajapoika

Director

Cast

Hannu Kivioja as Esa Koskenranta Esko Salminen as Lindström Leea Klemola as Laura Saarela Markku Peltola as Makkonen Antti Raivio as Ade Sulevi Peltola as Detective Lieutenant Salminen

Crew

Timo Salminen — Director of Photography Kimmo Taavila — Editor Veikko Aaltonen — Editor Mauri Sumén — Original Music Composer Iiro Küttner — Writer Aki Kaurismäki — Producer

Synopsis

Esa is a small time crook who has been precisely released from prison. He starts to make money by mugging people. One day psychiatrist Lindström rings Esa's doorbell. He has a very strange request: he wants Esa to maltreat him. Esa accepts this request, but he is not aware of Lindström's bad intentions.

Key Collaborators

Veikko Aaltonen Director Timo Salminen Director of Photography Kimmo Taavila Editor Veikko Aaltonen Editor Mauri Sumén Original Music Composer Iiro Küttner Writer Aki Kaurismäki Producer Minna Sorvoja Costume Design

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