The Visitor

Dec 8, 2008

1h 45m

★ 6.2

Overview

A young boy lives with his mother on a farm surrounded by deep forest in the remote wilds of the Finnish countryside. From time to time, the boy visits his father - a man of great violence - in prison. Locked in the stable is an unruly horse, the boy´s only other companion. Their simple life is disrupted when a stranger appears, with a note from the father and a bullet in his side. Reluctantly, mother and son offer the stranger refuge.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

BlueLight

Exitfilm

Helsinki-filmi

Propeller Film

The Visitor Trailers

Cast

The Visitor

Pavel Liška

The Boy

Vitali Bobrov

The Father

Jorma Tommila

The Mother

Emilia Ikäheimo

Man in a Suit

Pauli Poranen

Police Officer

Lauri-Kare Laos

Police Officer

Valmar Kass

Guard

Hendrik Toompere

Guard

Allan Bernard

Guard

Armin Pajula

Guard

Maksim Podolski

Child

Martin Loo

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