Concrete Night
An ambitious film, a sumptuous downer.
Pirjo Honkasalo
Filmography
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Concrete Night
A stunning, dream-like odyssey through a beautiful and otherworldly Helsinki over the course of one evening, CONCRETE NIGHT follows the impressionable fourteen-year-old Simo as he keeps his soon-to-be incarcerated brother company. The official Finnish submission to the Academy Awards® for Best...Watch Movie
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The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
This award-winning, stunningly beautiful documentary reveals how the Chechen War has psychologically affected children in Russia and in Chechnya. Divided into three episodes or 'rooms,' the film is characterized by an elegantly paced observational style, which uses little...Watch Movie
Genres
- Adaptation / Literary / Prose
- Avant-garde / Surrealistic
- Documentary / History
- Documentary / Social Issues
- Documentary / War
- Drama / Coming of Age
- Drama / Melodrama
- Drama / Realism / Magic Realism
- Fantasy / Dream
- International / Eurasian / Chechen
- International / Eurasian / Russian
- International / European / Scandinavian / Finnish
- LGBTQ / Narrative
Recent Reviews
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
Beautiful stunning sadness...
Concrete Night
The photography alone is worth the viewing. I keep wondering if you can read Pirkko Saisio's novel in English.
Concrete Night
Really enjoyed the film. The lighting, production design and cinematography are worth it alone. The story and the acting are good as well. I will watch it again sometime just...
Concrete Night
Concrete Night is exceptionally made with outstanding techinal achievements.These characters head straight into the abyss, soaking up every drop of depression, while lost in a deep haze. The film creates...