Homebound

Mar 10, 1989

1h 33m

★ 4.3

Overview

Mika's mother marries a man who is getting out of the jail. At the beginning everything seems to be all right. Mika leaves Oulu, an industrial city up in Northern Finland, to study in the capital, Helsinki. He does very well with his studies and also begins a relationship with the girl he knew already back in Oulu. Meanwhile the new husband reveals his true self - and all of a sudden things get very serious.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Filminor

Filmzolfo

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Cast

Mika

Ilkka Koivula

Ulla

Jonna Järnefelt

Elli

Leena Suomu

Kurkela

Risto Tuorila

Oskari

Matti Viironen

Näätämö

Paavo Takkinen

Asikainen

Heimo Koskelainen

Peter

Kristofer Möller

Annette

Minna Turunen

Pappi

Arto Heikkilä

Härkönen

Mikko Nousiainen

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