The Missile

Local title
Rakett
Original title
Ohjus
Country
Finland, Estonia
Year
2024
Festival
28th Black Nights Film Festival
Programme
Best of Festivals
Genre
historical drama, crime film
Subject
familial relationships, prison, history

1984, Lapland. Niina, a single mom struggling to get by, investigates a Soviet missile crash, sparking chaos and romance.

Niina, a single mother of two children, ends up working as an archiver in the local newspaper. After she hears an enormous bang from the sky and the radio says that the Soviet Union has shot a missile across the Finnish border to Inari, the whole village is filled with reporters from all over the world. Niina is quickly drawn into the investigation, but while she obsesses to find out what happened, she has to confront the truth about her own boundaries.

Screenwriter
Miia Tervo
Cast
Oona Airola, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Tommi Korpela, Pyry Kähkönen
Producer
Kaisla Viitala, Daniel Kuitunen, Janne Kyöstilä
Cinematographer
Meelis Veeremets
Music
Laura Naukkarinen
World sales
Picture Tree International
Runtime
Language
Finnish
Subtitles
English
Other festivals
Göteborg, Chicago

Screenings

7th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening030703 / Rakett
SubtitlesEnglish
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4th Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening101403 / Rakett
SubtitlesEnglish
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