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Harjunpää ja pahan pappi (2010)

106 min · Crime, thriller film

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Directors

Olli Saarela

Cast

Irina Björklund, Peter Franzén, Ville Virtanen, Eero Milonoff, Tommi Korpela, Jenni Banerjee, Maria Järvenhelmi, Rosa Salomaa, Jorma Tommila

A grieving police officer pursues a subway attacker while his daughter’s killer is released from prison.

The story

Two years after his daughter Emmi is murdered, police officer Timo Harjunpää is still grieving. He tries to give more attention to his other daughter, Paulina, but the strain in his marriage to Elisa eventually leads him to move out. Meanwhile, an unknown attacker pushes two people in front of arriving subway trains. Timo tracks a suspect in a hooded sweatshirt, but his attention is divided when Emmi’s murderer is released from prison. He must balance the investigation with the ongoing demands of his personal life.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

Police officer Timo Harjunpää loses his daughter Emmi because he is on duty and cannot pick her up in time after a concert. Emmi is brutally raped and murdered. Two years later, Timo is still suffering from his loss. He tries to take better care of his other daughter, Paulina, but his relationship with his wife, Elisa, is so strained that he eventually moves out. As Timo struggles with his personal tragedy, an unknown assailant murders two people at a subway station by pushing them in front of approaching trains. Timo follows the trail of a suspect wearing a hooded sweatshirt. However, he cannot focus solely on this case, because his daughter’s murderer is released from prison. The investigation reveals that the subway murderer is acting from religious motives and sees himself as a savior who punishes violent people. Finally, after a Bible study, he kidnaps Timo’s wife. At his house, he shows Elisa photos of his brutal father and of the Harjunpää family. He tells her that he once fled from his father and nearly got run over by a train in the process. In the basement, he rapes Elisa. Then he shoots a police officer and threatens to burn Elisa alive. Timo arrives just in time with his colleague to stop the murderer.

Genres

Crime, thriller film

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