Viraali (2017)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2017
	Director: Thomas Laine
	Actors: Mika Melender, Vili Korteniemi, Visa Sarparanta, Frans Isolato, Saga Sarkola
	Country: FIN
	Genre: Drama, Polar
	Conditions of visioning: 21.05.2018, Schauburg, OV Sneak Preview, Finnish with German subtitles
Synopsis: The Bitcoin hype leads different people in the modern Helsinki to cross their way one another. A policeman Kari (Isolato) tighting up a relation with the cellist Saana (Sarkola), a clever hacker Mika (Sarparanta), a young rapper Janne (Korteniemi) and a banker Harry (Melender) with a sick ex-wife think about their partners, about their own dreams and gols in life and about the social media and connected society.
Review: The movie starts with the definition of the word viral in Finnish. And even if it is actually a bit exaggerated, it gives a kind of common theme to the different stories. Most of them are related to the virality of online news, a video about the policeman, a rap video clip, bitcoin data. This questions the connectivity without being only criticism or admiration. This was a good idea. The rest is a tense polar. The different stories are all quite interesting and suspensful. And the sequence where all almost meet is tense and emotionally loaded as each of them built an emotional link.  The actors are fine. Melender and Korteniemi are good in their roles. Saga Sarkola has a wonderful charism even if she did not have a big role. This is promising for future Finnish movies.
Rating: 6 /10