Ladies of Steel

Jan 3, 2020

1h 31m

★ 5.4

Leave when it's already too late

Overview

Inkeri, 75, has hit her husband on the head with a solid iron frying pan and is planning to bury him in their garden. Before facing the rest of her life in prison, there may yet be a moment left to really live. Inkeri makes her sisters Sylvi and Raili join her on a trip to the Koli National Park. Will Inkeri find in her that free young woman who desired a feminist revolution in the 70s?

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Helsinki-filmi

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Cast

Inkeri

Leena Uotila

Raili

Seela Sella

Sylvi

Saara Pakkasvirta

Tapio

Heikki Nousiainen

Daughter

Pirjo Lonka

Jarkko

Samuli Niittymäki

Ville

Jani Volanen

Airport Clerk

Pamela Tola

Bank Clerk

Lauri Tilkanen

Rosa

Linnea Skog

Waitress at Motel

Lilian Pärni

University Professor

Anna Paavilainen

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