Directed by:
Aleksi SalmenperäScreenplay:
Aleksi SalmenperäCinematography:
Tuomo HutriComposer:
Ville TanttuCast:
Ville Virtanen, Lauri Tilkanen, Pihla Viitala, Vera Kiiskinen, Niki Seppälä, Ismo Kallio, Tomi Salmela, Minna Suuronen, Reino Nordin, Sara Paavolainen (more)Plots(1)
"Now I'm so happy / That I got you / Back in my life / It's all so fine / In my life I've / Been a little bit lost / Those days are gone / I feel reborn / Together we can beat / The things we scare and we dare / To kiss each other any time / Anywhere / Now I'm so happy / I got you / Back in my life / It's so fine"
In spite of the picture of domestic bliss conjured up by the theme song of this Aki Kaurismäki-produced family portrait, there's nothing 'fine' about this 'bad family'. At the centre of this tragicomic story is Mikael, a court of appeals judge, who, since his divorce, is now a single father. Mikael's son Daniel has fallen in love. Determined to save his son from an attachment he considers shameful, Mikael does everything in his power to prevent it. But when his initial efforts to bring the affair to an end are unsuccessful, he begins to resort to increasingly scrupulous methods. Derailed by his delusions, the desperate father bulldozes aside everyone who prevents him from carrying out his absurd crusade.
Mikael's victims include his ex-wife and his other children. Theirs would seem to be a hopeless situation – particularly when one considers the fact that the object of Daniel's affections is none other than his own sister.
(Berlinale)
Cast
Ville Virtanen
Finland
Best movies:
Promise (2005)
The Winter War (1989)
Christmas Story (2007)
Lauri Tilkanen
Finland
Best movies:
Silence (2011)
A Patriotic Man (2013)
Ladies of Steel (2020)
Pihla Viitala
Finland
Best movies:
Tears of April (2008)
Void (2018)
Bad Family (2010)
Vera Kiiskinen
Finland
Best movies:
Bad Family (2010)
Niki Seppälä
Best movies:
Bad Family (2010)
Ismo Kallio
Finland
Best movies:
Bad Family (2010)
Born American (1986)
Filth (2008)
Tomi Salmela
Finland
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
The Purge (2012)
The Winter War (1989)
Minna Suuronen
Best movies:
Little Wing (2016)
A Man's Work (2007)
Bad Family (2010)
Reino Nordin
Best movies:
The Purge (2012)
Tears of April (2008)
Bad Family (2010)
Sara Paavolainen
Finland
Best movies:
Unknown Soldier (2017)
Black Ice (2007)
Tears of April (2008)
Asko Sarkola
Finland
Best movies:
The Snow Queen (1986)
Beyond Enemy Lines (2004)
1944: The Final Defence (2007)
Pertti Sveholm
Finland
Best movies:
Promise (2005)
Frozen Land (2005)
The Winter War (1989)
Henriikka Salo
Finland
Best movies:
Bad Family (2010)
Matti Onnismaa
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Promise (2005)
The Winter War (1989)
Aaro Wichmann
Best movies:
Bad Family (2010)
Merja Larivaara
Finland
Best movies:
Bad Family (2010)
Village People (2013)
Vares: The Path of the Righteous Men (2012)
Juhani Niemelä
Finland
Best movies:
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Cha Cha Cha (1989)
The Other Side of Hope (2017)
Kaarina Hazard
Finland
Best movies:
Letters to Father Jacob (2009)
A Man's Work (2007)
Bad Family (2010)
Janne Reinikainen
Finland
Best movies:
Naked Harbour (2012)
The Eternal Road (2017)
The Grump (2014)
Antto Melasniemi
Best movies:
Bad Family (2010)