Finland
Sweden
France
Finland
Sweden
France
In the 1970s, a 12-year-old boy Esko lives in Tornio, northern Finland, a town bordering Sweden across the river. Esko befriends a Swedish boy, Pate, and learns to share his obsession for Harry Houdini, the legendary escape artist. While standing handcuffed on the railway bridge, contemplating a stunt jump into the icy river, he reminisces the dramatic events of the summer before. For the viewer, his problems are presented with warm humour # gang fights, feeling guilty for lying, Father losing his job, Mother losing her nerves, not to mention Grandfather having lost his willingness to speak since a traumatic war experience 30 years earlier. - IMDb
Финляндия конца 70-х. 12-ти летний Эско живет в провинциальном городке Торнино, что на границе со Швецией, посреди двух враждующих миров. До последнего времени он был членом шайки, пока ему не объявили байкот, вызванный двойным обвинением в трусости и предательстве. К счастью, у него неожиданно появляется новый друг - шведский мальчик Патрик, поклонник великого фокусника Гарри Гудини. Эско еще не знает, что его новый друг тяжело болен...
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