The Missile
Movie Details:
| Original title | Ohjus |
| Also known as | Raķete |
| Country | Finland, Estonia |
| Language | Finnish |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
| Release date | February 2, 2024 |
| Running time | 1hr 50min |
| Starring | Oona Airola Pyry Kähkönen Hannu-Pekka Björkman Tommi Korpela Jarkko Niemi Emma Kilpimaa |
| Directed by | Miia Tervo |
| Written by | Miia Tervo |
| Produced by | Daniel Kuitunen Kaisla Viitala |
| Cinematography by | Meelis Veeremets |
| Edited by | Antti Reikko |
| Music by | Lau Nau |
| Production Design by | Heather Loeffler |
| Art Direction by | Getter Vahar |
| Costume Design by | Kirsi Gum |
| Filming locations | Kemijärvi, Finland Tallinn, Estonia Pelkosenniemi, Finland Lahti, Finland |
| Production Company | Cultural Endowment of Estonia Elokuvayhtiö Komeetta Estonian Film Institute Eurimages Film Estonia Finnish Impact Film Fund Stellar Film |
| Distributor | Neue Visionen Filmverleih (Germany, 2024) (theatrical) SF Film Finland (Finland, 2024) (DVD, theatrical) Frenetic Films (Switzerland, 2024) |
Cast & Characters:
- Oona Airola as Niina Kuittinen
- Pyry Kähkönen as Kai Repola
- Hannu-Pekka Björkman as Esko
- Tommi Korpela as Pertti Keinänen
- Jarkko Niemi as Illu
- Emma Kilpimaa as Kaisa
- Tommi Eronen as Tapio
- Ona Kamu as Hilkka
- Sakari Kuosmanen as Reino, Niinan ukki
- Milka Ahlroth as Hanski
- Kai Lehtinen as Pekka
- Turkka Mastomäki as Pasi isonatsainen
- Kari Väänänen as Uutis-Seppo
- Sanna-Kaisa Palo as Marja-Liisa
- Tiina Tauraite as Mailis Ahmo
- Minea Köngäs as Jonna
- Aatos Höglund as Janne
- Oliver Heikkala as Aarne
- Jonne Kaaretkoski as Jaakko
- Paavo Kinnunen as Jussi
- Illusia Sarvas as Asta
- Jonathan Hutchings as Bill
- Erick King as Oswald
- Irene Tikka as Naapuri
- Simo Haase as Keijo
- Hannu Ovaskainen as traktorikuski Matti Nevala
- Anitta Ahonen as Kirjastonhoitaja
- Reetta Aalto as Marke-täti
- Saana Peltola as Raija-täti
- Liisa Penttilä as Munkkimyyjä
- Heini Wesslin as Aune Feodoroff
- Pieti Niemenmaa as Aunen poika
- Mari-Liis Lill as Isabelle
- Mikko Penttilä as Aidanrakentaja
- Tatu Mönttinen as Lennoston sotilas
- Elias Kvist as Lennoston sotilas
- Teemu Tolppi as Lennoston sotilas
- Lauri Pihlaja as Lennoston sotilas
- Seppo Salminen as Toimittaja helikopterissa
Storyline:
Tells the empowering story of an abused single mother working at a small-town newspaper who gets drawn into the investigation surrounding the missile crash, which upends life in a small northern village.