COMPARTMENT NO. 6

Film Info

Finland 2021 | 106 min. Director: Juho Kuosmanen

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Totem Films

Paris

Production Company

Aamu Filmcompany

Helsinki

Amrion Productions

Tallinn

Achtung Panda!

Berlin

CTB Film Company

Kamennostrovskiy Prospekt 10
197101 St. Petersburg Phone +7 812 3268330 http://www.ctb.ru

COMPARTMENT NO. 6

Synopsis

A young Finnish woman escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk. Forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a Russian miner, the unexpected encounter leads the occupants of compartment no. 6 to face the truth about their own yearning for human connection.

Cast & Crew

Director

Juho Kuosmanen
Producer

Jussi Rantamäki, Riina Sildos, Jamila Wenske, Melanie Blocksdorf, Natalia Drozd-Makan, Sergey Selyanov
Screenwriter

Juho Kuosmanen, Andris Feldmanis, Livia Ulman
Director of photography

J-P Passi
Main Cast

Seidi Haarla (Laura), Yuriy Borisov (Ljoha)
Editor (Cut)

Jussi Rautaniemi
Sound

Pietu Korhonen, Gregor Bonse
Production Design

Kari Kankaanpää
Costume Design

Jaanus Vahtra
Makeup

Liina Pihel

Biography

Born in 1979, Juho Kuosmanen is a Helsinki-based filmmaker. He graduated from ELO Helsinki Film School of Aalto University in 2014. His first two films have won a prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Besides making award-winning films, he has directed avant-garde opera and theatre. He also makes silent short films with live music and foleys. He is the co-founder and artistic director of a small film festival in his birthtown Kokkola.

FILMOGRAPHY:
2021 - COMPARTMENT NO. 6
2016 - THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MÄKI
2010 - THE PAINTING SELLERS