Upswing

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-02-28

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

98 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (2346 Reviews)

Director:

Johanna Vuoksenmaa

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Petteri Summanen Tiina Lymi Kari-Pekka Toivonen Juha Veijonen

Writer:

Mika Ripatti

Fullplot:

HOLIDAY FROM HELL. A young couple in the IT business, with no kids and a fancy house in a good neighbourhood, finally have a few weeks off before new career challenges. Envious about their friends' exotic holiday destinations, they meet a travel agent offering them the ultimate experience: four weeks in one of the shadiest suburbs of the city. Part of the deal is that their credit cards, passports and keys are all sealed in an envelope. Acting as an unemployed couple, their street credibility is often questioned by their new neighbours who are more at home with the ways of the concrete jungle. And this is just the beginning...

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