Hölmö nuori sydän
Stupid Young Heart
Christian Lausund, Mohamed Hussein, Rosa Honkonen
Hölmö nuori sydän | Stupid Young Heart by Selma Vilhunen
FIN/NLD/SWE 2018, Generation
© Uwa Iduozee
Jere Ristseppä
Hölmö nuori sydän | Stupid Young Heart by Selma Vilhunen
FIN/NLD/SWE 2018, Generation
© Uwa Iduozee
Hölmö nuori sydän | Stupid Young Heart by Selma Vilhunen
FIN/NLD/SWE 2018, Generation
Jere Ristseppä, Rosa Honkonen
Hölmö nuori sydän | Stupid Young Heart by Selma Vilhunen
FIN/NLD/SWE 2018, Generation
© Uwa Iduozee
They are an unlikely couple: Kiira, with her brightly-coloured hair and star of the dance troupe, and Lenni, a skinny skater. At a party the two finally get together, the fulfilment of a long-held dream for Lenni. Then Kiira becomes pregnant. They decide to keep the baby, but feel increasingly overwhelmed by this new situation. Lenni in particular needs support. He seems to find it among a group of men in the neighbourhood who have begun to prepare for the supposed threat of Muslim migrants. Lenni feels strong as a member of the radical group, but Kiira and her tolerant friends are perturbed. An increasingly violent chain of events, filmed close-up to the troubled young protagonists.
With
- Jere Ristseppä (Lenni)
- Rosa Honkonen (Kiira)
- Abshir Sheikh Nur (Abdi)
- Pihla Viitala (Ansku)
- Ville Haapasalo (Janne)
- Katja Küttner (Satu)
- Joona Helenius (Mylde)
- Wäinö Vänskä (Lari)
- Elsa Marjanen (Neea)
- Aamu Milonoff (Pinja)
Crew
| Director | Selma Vilhunen |
| Screenplay | Kirsikka Saari |
| Cinematography | Lisabi Fridell |
| Editing | Michal Leszczylowski, Yva Fabricius |
| Music | Timo Dirksen |
| Sound Design | Jan Schermer |
| Sound | Tuomas Klaavo |
| Production Design | Eva Torsvall |
| Costumes | Karoliina Koiso-Kanttila |
| Make-Up | Kaisu Hölttä |
| Assistant Director | Jolle Onnismaa |
| Casting | Anastasia Lobkovski |
| Production Manager | Katri Myllyniemi |
| Producers | Elli Toivoniemi, Venla Hellstedt |
| Co-Producers | Nima Yousefi, Annemiek van der Hell |
| Co-Production |
Windmill Film Amsterdam Hobab Stockholm |
World Sales
The Yellow Affair
Produced by
Youth Jury Generation 14plus, film team
The film won the prize in the category Best Film.
Hölmö nuori sydän · Generation · Crystal Bear · Feb 15, 2019
Kirsikka Saari, Selma Vilhunen, Lisabi Fridell
The Screenwriter, the director and the cinematographer after the award ceremony where the film won the main prize for the Best Film, awarded by the Youth Jury Generation 14plus.
Hölmö nuori sydän · Generation · Crystal Bear · Feb 15, 2019
Film team
The film team with cinematographer Lisabi Fridell (left), the director Selma Vilhunen (second from left) and the protagonists Rosa Honkonen and Jere Ristseppä (fourth and sixths from left).
Hölmö nuori sydän · Generation · Feb 12, 2019
Lisabi Fridell, Selma Vilhunen
Taking a stand: the cinematographer and the director.
Hölmö nuori sydän · Generation · Feb 12, 2019
Selma Vilhunen
Born in 1976, the director and screenwriter studied film at the Arts Academy in Turku, Finland and has been directing documentaries and feature films since 1998. She is a co-founder of the Tuffi Films production company. In 2014, her short film Pitääkö mun kaikki hoitaa? was nominated for an Oscar; and her short film The Girl and the Dogs, a collaboration with Guillaume Mainguet, premiered in Cannes in the same year. Her debut feature film, Tyttö nimeltä Varpu, premiered in Toronto in 2016 and was nominated for ten Jussis, the Finnish film award. She currently lives in Helsinki, Finland.
Filmography
1999 Päivä isän kanssa (A Day with Dad); short film 2003 Minun pikku elefanttini (My Little Elephants); short film · The Crossroads; short film 2007 Jätkät (Loggers); short film · Pietà 2008 Ponitytöt (Pony Girls); short film 2012 Pitääkö mun kaikki hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?); short film 2013 Disco; short film 2014 Laulu (Song); short film · The Girl and the Dogs; short film 2016 Tyttö nimeltä Varpu (Little Wing) 2017 Hobbyhorse Revolution 2018 Hölmö nuori sydän (Stupid Young Heart)
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2019