Blindfolded
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63% Critic Match

Blindfolded

6.3 / 10 1999 1h 31mNR Finnish
DramaComedy

Storyline

Two 9-year-old boys, Jontti and Länki, grow up in a Finnish seaside town in the 1960s. Länki's biggest dream is to run away on a ship to the sea where his father is rumoured to have died. Jontti too must discover that his father is not what he appears to be. When his dad moves away with another woman, Jontti is determined to win him back.

Cast & Crew

Martti Suosalo

Martti Suosalo

Risto Putkonen, "Ripa", Jontin isä

Lead
WG

Walter Gröhn

Joonas Putkonen, "Jontti"

MV

Mikko Vanhala

Länki Lehikoinen

TR

Turo Rannema

Pikkis

AA

Anni Asikainen

Eija

HH

Henna Hakkarainen

Inkeri, "Inkku"

Vesa-Matti Loiri

Vesa-Matti Loiri

Himanen, entinen merimies

Sulevi Peltola

Sulevi Peltola

Opettaja

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Matti Ijäs's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Blindfolded is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker