Lapua 1976
2023
***½
Director: Toni Kurkimäki
Cast: Konsta Laakso, Linnea Leino, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Leo Sjöman, Johanna Koivu, Jussi Lampi , Pirkko Uitto, Timo Teern, Sonja Halla-aho, Juha Uutela, Teemu Kettula
10 years ago, Matti and Kaisa were forcibly separated by her father. The young lovers rekindle their affair on the eve of the Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion in April, 1976. Toni Kurkimäki's directorial debut is a compelling romantic disaster movie. Like James Cameron's Titanic, it tells a fictional love story against the backdrop of a real-life disaster. The romance plot gets a bit soapy at times, but the disaster around it is wonderfully staged.
