if the life of the President of the
USA were left in the hands of a
13 year old boy? This time out
Helander has struck a pitch perfect balance, serving up a fine
fillet of Finnish fun that delivers
on old school thrills without ever
patronising its genre.
As with Rare Exports, Big Game
takes us to the wilds of Northern
Finland, an area closer in culture
to tribal Africa than Northern Europe, a place where men still kill
their food. The most respected
hunter is Tapio (Jorma Tommila),
who followed local custom by
spending a day and night alone
in the woods - armed only with
a bow and arrows - on his 13th
birthday, and returned with the
carcass of a bear, making him an
instant local legend. It’s now the
turn of Tapio’s 13 year old son
Oskari (Onni Tommila) to venture into the forest, but unable to
even fire an arrow, it seems the
apple has fallen considerably far
from the tree.
Watch The Trailer For Big Game
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