A Moment in the Reeds
A Moment in the Reeds

Movie·2018·1h 48m

A Moment in the Reeds

Country

Finland

Language

English

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The Story

Original title: Tämä hetki kaislikossa

Having moved to Paris for university, Leevi returns to his native Finland for the summer to help his estranged father renovate the family lake house so it can be sold. Tareq, a recent asylum seeker from Syria, has been hired to help with the work, and when Leevi's father has to return to town on business, the two young men establish a connection and embark on a romance set against the idyllic Finnish summer. However, looming over this chance encounter, is the father's imminent return to the lake house, the continuation of Leevi's studies abroad as well as Tareq's complex relationship with his family in Syria.

Producer

Mikko Mäkelä, Jarno Pimperi

Cinematography

Iikka Salminen

Editor

Mikko Mäkelä

Themes

immigrationromanceinterracial romancelgbtfinlandgay muslimsummer romancesyrian refugeelake housegay romancegay theme

Production House

Wild Beast Productions

Audience Score

61%

88 votes

Skip14%
Timepass31%
Go for it36%
Perfection19%

Where to watch

Region: US

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Cast

Janne Puustinen

Janne Puustinen

Leevi

Boodi Kabbani

Tareq

Mika Melender

Mika Melender

Jouko

Virpi Rautsiala

Pirjo

// crew

Crew

Mikko Mäkelä

Mikko Mäkelä

Producer, Director, Writer, Editor

Jarno Pimperi

Producer

James Robert Benjamin Watson

Producer

William R. Carter

Executive Producer

Iikka Salminen

Director of Photography

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