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Concrete Night
Original Title
Betoniyö- Director: Pirjo Honkasalo
- Writer: Pirjo Honkasalo; Pirkko Saisio
- Producer: Erik Hemmendorff; Misha Jaari
CGiii Comment
Unpleasant to say the least...and, slow...there's an ongoing battle with sleep throughout...alas, sleep won.
The impressive black & white cinematography is let down by bad lighting...at times, it seems that someone just flicked the switch.
Honkasalo failed to realise or relate the story...cluttering it up with moody visions, silences and irrelevance...a case of: Less 'art', more narrative.
The gay storyline is brief, cruel, offensive and incomplete.
There is a skeleton of talent on show...but, the bones needed to be dressed in something more substantial than self-indulgence.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Concrete Night opens in a cramped, concrete-jungle home. The elder of the two brothers is getting ready to go and serve his prison sentence. During his last 24 hours of freedom, his little brother follows the brother he admires through the fateful sights of that night.
Cast & Characters
Johannes Brotherus as Simo;
Jari Virman as Ilkka;
Anneli Karppinen as Mother;
Juhan Ulfsak as Man;
Alex Anton as Jusa;
Iida Kuningas as Veera;
Pauli Poranen as Taxi driver;
Mauno Paajanen as Twiggy;
Rea Mauranen as Woman;
Teijo Eloranta as Man with grey hair