Trench Road

Trench Road
Directed by Veikko Aaltonen
Produced by Lasse Saarinen
Screenplay by Veikko Aaltonen
Based on Juoksuhaudantie 
by Kari Hotakainen
Starring Eero Aho
Tiina Lymi
Music by Mauri Sumén
Cinematography Pekka Uotila
Edited by Kimmo Kohtamäki
Production
company
Kinotar
Distributed by FS Film
Release dates
  • May 16, 2004 (Cannes Film Market)
  • August 27, 2004 (Finland)
Running time
113 minutes
Country Finland
Language Finnish
Budget €1.1 million[1]
Box office €774,340[2]

Trench Road (Finnish: Juoksuhaudantie) is a 2004 Finnish drama film directed by Veikko Aaltonen. Based on the Nordic Council's Literature Prize-winning novel Juoksuhaudantie by Kari Hotakainen,[3] the film is about a man who tries to get his wife and daughter back by buying a house.[1]

Kari Väänänen won the Jussi Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the real estate agent Jarmo Kesämaa.[4] Eero Aho and Tiina Lymi were nominated for Jussi Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress.[5]

Cast

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Trench Road (Juoksuhaudantie)". The Finnish Film Foundation. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
  2. "Facts & Figures 2004" (PDF). The Finnish Film Foundation. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
  3. Lilja, Kimmo (August 24, 2004). "Juoksuhaudantien ydin esiin huumorikuorrutuksen takaa". TS.fi (in Finnish). TS-Yhtymä. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
  4. "Juoksuhaudantie (2004) – Additional Information". Elonet (in Finnish). National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
  5. Lilja, Kimmo (February 7, 2005). "Koirankynnen leikkaaja vuoden elokuva". TS.fi (in Finnish). TS-Yhtymä. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
  6. "Juoksuhaudantie (2004) – Cast". Elonet (in Finnish). National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Retrieved September 11, 2012.

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