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Kites Over Helsinki

Kites Over Helsinki

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 7, 2001

Runtime

1h 31m

Genres

Drama

User Score

47%

Original Title

Drakarna över Helsingfors

Production Companies

Kinoproduction, Filmlance International

Director

Peter Lindholm

Description

Epic tale about two generations of men in a wealthy Finnish family, spanning from the 1960s all the way through the early 1990s. The father has achieved his position as director of the family business through marrying the heiress. Their eldest son Dani, hoped to succeed his father, succumbs to drugs while pursuing a career in rock music. Younger Riku grows up under the shadow of his more talented big brother and slowly drifts into the late 1980s, noticing then how many of his friends have managed to take advantage of the economic upswing.