A remote Finnish village in Lapland, just across the Swedish border. A retiring police officer learns that his illegitimate son has been released from prison and is terrorizing the area.
The young man has found out the big family secret and seeks for revenge by assaulting people close to the police officer – including his other legitimate son.
The hatred between the two brothers leaves the area in a state of vengeance and violence forcing the villagers to take the law in their own hands. While trying to prevent the brothers from killing each other, the police officer is forced to face his past mistakes.
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- Original Title: Armoton Maa
- Genres: Drama, Action
- Production Year: 2017
- Country of Origin: Finland
- Language Spoken: Finnish, Swedish
- Duration: 90 min.
- Shot On: Arri Alexa
- Screen Ratio: 2.39:1
- Format: DCP, 5.1
- Admission/rating: R-16
- Director: Jussi Hiltunen
- Cast: Pernilla August, Malin Buska, Ville Virtanen, Jørgen Langhelle, Outi Mäenpää, Trond Halbo, Mikko Neuvonen, Antti Holma
- Director of Photography: Tuomo Hutri F.S.C.
- Film Editors: Kimmo Taavila
- Sound Editors: Ivo Felt, Seppo Vanhatalo
- Script Writers: Jussi Hiltunen
- Production Company: Making Movies
- Producers: Kai Nordberg, Kaarle Aho
- Co-Production Companies: FilmCamp , Sweet Films
- Financiers: Norwegian Film Institute, Yle, Finnish Film Foundation, Eurimages, Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, FilmCamp
Festivals
Law of the Land at festivals
2017:AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
Camerimage Film Festival
Braunschweig International Film Festival
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