Sunday, June 7, 2009

Tears Of April

A woman fighting on the losing side of the Finnish civil war in 1918 is captured, and befriends her captor on the way to her trial. The setting is pretty standard, but the cinematography and acting make this work really well.

The two leads are both excellent, and the judge, a writer who has found his bloodthirsty side during the war, is played to chilling effect. A number of chilling scenes between him and the male lead are worth watching several times, as well as the chemistry between all the leads.

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