Heavy Trip

Turo (25) is stuck in a small village in Northern Finland. The only glimpses of light in his life are provided by the amateur metal band, whose vocalist he is.

The guys get a surprise visitor from Norway: the head of Northern Damnation, a huge metal festival. They decide that it’s now or never. After a miserable warm-up gig Impaled Rektum breaks up just to get together again. They steal a van, a corpse and a coffin from the local cemetery, a new drummer from the local mental hospital and flee to Norway. As they are escaping Finnish police, they have to face the Norwegian Army and its notorious “Delta troppen” in order to get to play their first real gig.

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photo of Jukka Vidgren
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Credits

Directors:

Jukka Vidgren, Juuso Laatio

Executive Producer:

Adrian Politowski, Bastien Sirodot / Umedia

Producer:

Kai Nordberg, Kaarle Aho

Screenwriter:

Jukka Vidgren, Juuso Laatio, Aleksi Puranen, Jari Olavi Rantala

Cinematographer:

Harri Räty

Editor:

Kimmo Taavila

Production Designer:

Juha-Matti Toppinen

Sound Designer:

Panu Riikonen

Music:

Lauri Porra

Principal Cast:

Johannes Holopainen (Turo), Minka Kuustonen (Miia), Max Ovaska (Pasi/Xytrax), Antti Heikkinen (Jynkky), Samuli Jaskio (Lotvonen), Chike Ohanwe (Oula), Ville Tiihonen (Jouni Tulkku)

Additional Credits:

Line producer: Pilvi Kuusrainen, 1st assistant director: Iiris Juutilainen, Visual Effects Supervisor: Tuomo Hintikka, Gaffer: Tomi Lakonen, Key Make-Up Artist: Kati Koskela, Costume Designer: Karoliina Koiso-Kanttila, co-producers: Svein Andersen, Kjetil Jensberg / FilmCamp, Jukka Vidgren / Mutant Koala Pictures

Contact

Distributor:

Maria Vilkki
maria.vilkki@mamo.fi

Public Film Contact:

Kai Nordberg
Making Movies Ltd.
kai.nordberg@mamo.fi
+358405073936

Publicity Contact:

Shelby Scoggins
shelby@mediaplanpr.com
+1 406 253 7887

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2018
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90:28 mins