Project Detail

Big Game

Synopsis

Oskari, a timid 13-year-old, anxiously awaits his fate. Tradition dictates that like his forefathers before him, the boy's time has come to spend one day and one night alone in the wilderness. Armed with only a bow and arrow, he must return with a prize to prove himself to be a man.

Details

Year
2014
Type of film
Features
Running time
110 mins
Director
Jalmari Helander
Producer
Will Clarke, Petri Jokiranta, Jens Meurer
Executive Producer
Alex Garland, Phil Hunt, Yasin Qureshi, Compton Ross, Markus R. Vogelbacher
Editor
Iikka Hesse
Screenwriter
Jalmari Helander, Petri Jokiranta
Director of Photography
Mika Orasmaa
Production Designer
Christian Eisele
Sound
Tuomas Seppänen, Timo Anttila
Composer
Juri Seppä, Miska Seppä
Principal cast
Samuel L. Jackson, Onni Tommila, Jim Broadbent, Ray Stevenson, Mehmet Kurtulus, Felicity Huffman, Victor Garber, Ted Levine

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Finland, UK, Germany coproduction

Altitude Film Entertainment Ltd

34 Fouberts Place
London
W1F 7PX

Sales Company

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