''Lapland Odyssey'' ( fi, Napapiirin sankarit) is a 2010 Finnish comedy film directed by

Dome Karukoski Thomas "Dome" August George Karukoski (; born 29 December 1976) is a Finnish film director. He is considered to be one of Finland's most successful film directors, having won over 30 festival awards and having directed six feature films that beca ...

. The film stars

Jussi Vatanen Jussi Vatanen (born 30 January 1978) is a Finnish actor. Career Vatanen graduated from Theatre Academy Helsinki in 2005 and has since then worked for several Finnish theatres. He became a household name in Finland after joining the cast of a wee ...

Jasper Pääkkönen Joona Jasper Pääkkönen (; born 15 July 1980) is a Finnish film actor and entrepreneur. Following a two-decade-plus career in Finnish movies, Pääkkönen's international breakthrough role came in 2015 in the historical drama television series ...

Timo Lavikainen Timo Lavikainen (born 1972) is a Finnish actor. He lives in Joensuu Joensuu (; krl, Jovensuu; ) is a city and municipality in North Karelia, Finland, located on the northern shore of Lake Pyhäselkä (northern part of Lake Saimaa) at the mo ...

Pamela Tola Pamela Tola (born 15 October 1981) is a Finnish actress and director. Tola was born in Ruotsinpyhtää, Finland. She has appeared on television since 2003. She appeared in the 2005 film ''Paha maa'' (Frozen Land), and starred as the main charact ...

Kari Ketonen Kari Mikael Ketonen (born 16 August 1971) is a Finnish actor. Born in Espoo, he portrayed the president of Russia Vladimir Putin in the sketch comedy television show ''Putous'' in 2014. He also played Putin in the film '' Iron Sky: The Coming Race' ...

and

Miia Nuutila Miia Nuutila (born 12 October 1972) is a Finnish television actress. Life Nuutila was born in Forssa Forssa is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located almost in the centre of a triangle defined by the three largest major cities ...

. The film premiered at the 2010

Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Since its founding in 1976, TIFF has grown to become a permane ...

Cast

Plot

After a man called Janne living in

Lapland Lapland may refer to: Places *Lapland or Sápmi, an ethno-cultural region stretching over northern Fennoscandia (parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia) **Lapland (Finland) (''Lappi''/''Lappland''), a Finnish region *** Lapland (former pr ...

in Northern Finland fails to acquire a

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for his wife from the local utility store due to not reaching it before closure time, he sets out with his two friends in the middle of the night to get one by any means necessary. He sets up a late rendezvous with his father-in-law who owns an electronics store in

Rovaniemi Rovaniemi ( , ; sme, Roavvenjárga ; smn, Ruávinjargâ; sms, Ruäʹvnjargg) is a city and municipality of Finland. It is the administrative capital and commercial centre of Finland's northernmost province, Lapland, and its southern part Per� ...

, several hundred kilometers away. Naturally nothing is ever simple and along the way, the trio end up having several comedic misadventures.

Awards and nominations

;Alpe d'Huez International Comedy Film Festival , - , 2011, , ''Lapland Odyssey'' , , Grand Prix , , , - , 2011, , ''Lapland Odyssey'' , , Coup de cœur , , ;

Festróia - Tróia International Film Festival The Tróia International Film Festival, commonly referred to as Festroia ( pt, Festival Internacional de Cinema de Tróia – Festróia) was an annual international film festival in Portugal held from 1985 to 2014. Held in the town of Setúbal and ...

, - , 2011, , ''Pini Hellstedt (Best Cinematography)'' , , Silver Dolphin , , , - , 2011, , ''Lapland Odyssey (Best Film)'' , , Golden Dolphin , , ;

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, - , 2011, , ''Lance Hogan (Best Original Score)'' , , IFTA Award , , The film also won four

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s and was nominated in three categories.

References

External links

* * * * 2010 films 2010s comedy road movies Finnish comedy films 2010s Finnish-language films Films directed by Dome Karukoski 2010 comedy films {{2010s-comedy-film-stub