Valkeapää has premiered his fourth feature ‘Hit Big’ in Tallinn this week.
Finnish filmmaker J.-P. Valkeapää is developing his English-language debut, the thriller Comeback for which Charades has boarded international sales.
Now at script stage, the film will follow a worn-out filmmaker who has a masterplan for a comeback – he will track down an active serial killer and make a documentary about him. He persuades his estranged sound engineer daughter to help and a bloody mess ensues.
Valkeapää described the script as “an intense thriller with more than a few morbid laughs – a film about death and redemption.”
Finland’s...
Finnish filmmaker J.-P. Valkeapää is developing his English-language debut, the thriller Comeback for which Charades has boarded international sales.
Now at script stage, the film will follow a worn-out filmmaker who has a masterplan for a comeback – he will track down an active serial killer and make a documentary about him. He persuades his estranged sound engineer daughter to help and a bloody mess ensues.
Valkeapää described the script as “an intense thriller with more than a few morbid laughs – a film about death and redemption.”
Finland’s...
- 11/24/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Charades has come on board “Hit Big”, a dark humor-laced crime film set in Spain and directed by critically acclaimed Finnish filmmaker, Jukka-Pekka Valkeapaa (“They Have Escaped”).
Currently in post production, the film is being presented at the work-in-progress sidebar of Goteborg Festival’s Nordic Film Market. On the ground in Goteborg is Daniel Kuitunen, who is producing the movie through his Helsinki-based banner Komeetta.
“Hit Big” revolves around Marjaleena, a 60-year-old, boozed-up former beauty pageant star who left Finland for Spain’s Costa del Sol where she runs Bar Belle, once a popular spot for Finnish tourists, with her handyman Mikko. One day, they hear that Marjaleena’s husband, Worm, will be released after 20 years in prison and is planning a dream life with his cell-mate lover thanks to the stashed proceeds of a major heist. Feeling betrayed, Marjaleena sets off to get her share of the millions.
The...
Currently in post production, the film is being presented at the work-in-progress sidebar of Goteborg Festival’s Nordic Film Market. On the ground in Goteborg is Daniel Kuitunen, who is producing the movie through his Helsinki-based banner Komeetta.
“Hit Big” revolves around Marjaleena, a 60-year-old, boozed-up former beauty pageant star who left Finland for Spain’s Costa del Sol where she runs Bar Belle, once a popular spot for Finnish tourists, with her handyman Mikko. One day, they hear that Marjaleena’s husband, Worm, will be released after 20 years in prison and is planning a dream life with his cell-mate lover thanks to the stashed proceeds of a major heist. Feeling betrayed, Marjaleena sets off to get her share of the millions.
The...
- 2/4/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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