The Missile

Local title
Rakett
Original title
Ohjus
Director
Miia Tervo
Country
Finland, Estonia
Year
2024
Programme
Best of Festivals
Genre
Tragicomedy
Subject
familial relationships, individual vs society, love

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.

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

Aurora (2019) Tottumiskysymys (2019, co-dir) Ohjus (The Missile, 2024)

Screenings

7th Hall Apollo Kino Plaza
Screening030703 / Rakett
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Q&A guestsTiina Tauraite (Cast), Johanna Maria Paulson (producer)
Q&A duration
Screening duration
4th Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening101403 / Rakett
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
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