Musta Jää
Black Ice

Outi Mäenpää, Martti Suosala
Musta Jää | Black Ice by Petri Kotwica
FIN/DEU 2007, Competition
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Martti Suosala, Outi Mäenpää
Musta Jää | Black Ice by Petri Kotwica
FIN/DEU 2007, Competition
© Making Movies Oy

Ria Kataja, Outi Mäenpää
Musta Jää | Black Ice by Petri Kotwica
FIN/DEU 2007, Competition
© Making Movies Oy

Ria Kataja, Outi Mäenpää
Musta Jää | Black Ice by Petri Kotwica
FIN/DEU 2007, Competition
© Making Movies Oy

Outi Mäenpää
Musta Jää | Black Ice by Petri Kotwica
FIN/DEU 2007, Competition
© Making Movies Oy
In Saara’s case the self-confidence she parades is a front for a marked tendency to be jealous. She has recently discovered that her husband Leo is having an affair with a young student. Tuuli, as she is called, works part-time as a martial arts trainer. When Saara tries to find out more about her rival her attempt ends with her unintentionally joining Tuuli’s self-defence group. Bit by bit, Saara worms her way into Tuuli’s life. Partly by coincidence, partly on purpose, the two develop a close relationship in which Saara follows her own intuition. Sometimes she lies, and sometimes she tells the truth. On the one hand she manipulates Tuuli and, on the other, she gives in to feelings that she has never known before. And, just as she was able to use a false name to prevent Tuuli from being suspicious, so too does she manage to mislead her husband by creating a fictive lover.
Saara succeeds in turning the tables. But, at the same time, she has set something in motion which soon spins out of control. Before long, Tuuli, Leo and Saara, but also Leo’s sister and her husband, all find themselves swept away by a maelstrom of jealously and revenge.
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Petri Kotwica, Outi Mäenpää
Director Petri Kotwica presents his film Musta Jää (Black Ice) in the Competition together with his film crew.
Musta Jää · Competition · Berlinale Palast · Feb 08, 2008

Outi Mäenpää
Actress Outi Mäenpää at the press conference of Musta Jää (Black Ice).
Musta Jää · Competition · Programme Press Conference · Feb 08, 2008

Outi Mäenpää
Musta Jää · Competition · Feb 08, 2008
© Gerhard Kassner / Berlinale

Petri Kotwica
Musta Jää · Competition · Feb 08, 2008
© Gerhard Kassner / Berlinale
Petri Kotwica, Outi Mäenpää, Ria Kataja, Martti Suosala, Ville Virtanen, Sara Paavolainen
Musta Jää | Black Ice
Competition · Press Conference · Feb 08, 2008
Petri Kotwica, Outi Mäenpää, Ria Kataja, Martti Suosala, Ville Virtanen, Sara Paavolainen
Musta Jää | Black Ice
Competition · Red Carpet · Feb 08, 2008