CinemaxX3    13.02., 15.30
Delphi       13.02., 22.15
CineStar 8   14.02., 14.00
Arsenal      15.02., 22.15
Babylon      16.02., 19.00

Oili Lyyra is a forensic dentist who starts investigating the mystery of a dead man found near the harbour of Helsinki. Oili Lyrra’s lover, detective Eero Harakka, has been assigned to investigate the same case. At the same time Oili meets the new friends of her little sister, Laura, and soon discovers that the drowned man is not a random case, but part of a more subtle plan.
Auli Mantila’s second feature film tells about a group of eight women, who after being mistreated by men, are driven into a circle of revenge. The film is very impressive and the theme of relationships and mutual respect between the sexes is naturally one of the important questions of the turn of the new millennium, both in the Nordic countries – where equality between the two sexes is important – and elsewhere.
Anja Kauranan’s novel ‘Geography of Fear,’ on which the film is based, is a bit more severe. In the book, the revenge is not only limited to rapes and a homicide, which takes place before the beginning of the film. In the novel, the action is more systematic and more men are killed. Auli Mantila explains why she made these changes: “she wanted to expand the base. I didn’t want to make this only for people who research this field. For me, film is primarily a medium for social debate. Of course, I’m interested in these kinds of extreme social activities and extremists. I am also interested in experimenting with different forms, non-linear solutions, and pamphletizing a bit. I want to lean towards that at least slightly.”