Orava / The Squirrel / Das Eichhörnchen
Narrative Features, Finland / Germany / Sweden / the Netherlands 2025, 93 Min., finn. OV, engl./ger. st
Welcome to the sterile, brave new world with its perfectly optimised everyday life! Here, forests, meadows, and mountains are nothing but a memory. Long gone, just like our furry animal friends. And that's why Pasi works as a synthetic-pet designer. Since he himself is lonely, he knows firsthand how comforting the four-legged robots with wide eyes and wagging tails can be. One day, however, he finds the last living squirrel on earth in a white garbage bag and takes it home – a serious violation of the law! Emilia, a civil servant tasked with monitoring compliance to the rigid hygiene regulations, soon becomes suspicious. But even in the tightly structured future, feelings cannot be optimised away. The animal becomes depressed, and Pasi falls in love with Emilia. Suddenly, life seeps into the stringent, symmetrically choreographed visual tableaux. Melancholy gives way to chaos. A bizarre dystopia with a doleful rodent as a therapist.
- Sexual Content
- Vomiting
Director Markus Lehmusruusu
Screenplay Markus Lehmusruusu
Producer Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff, Thanassis Karathanos, Martin Hampel, Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Ronny Fritsche, Lizette Jonjic
Production Company
Bufo Films OY, Työpajankatu 2 A R1 D, 00580 Helsinki, Mail: info@bufo.fi, Web: www.bufo.fi
World Sales
Reinvent Yellow, Wilders Plads 8a, 1403 Kopenhagen, Mail: info@reinvent.dk, Web: www.reinvent.dk
Distributor
PROGRESS Filmverleih GmbH, Gut Passdorf 34, 06124 Halle (Saale), Mail: contact@progress.film, Web: https://www.progress.film
Cast Miro Lopperi (Pasi), Mimosa Willamo (Emilia), Hannu-Pekka Björkman (Jimi Alkio), Roderick Kabanga (Sebastian Laine), Pirjo Heikkilä (Ava Elo), Eero Ritala (Tony), Ella Mettänen (Sofia), Pirjo Lonka (Vera)
Premiere Europapremiere
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Screenings
| 05.11.2026 | 19:00 | Stadthalle | Hall 5, engl. UT | ||||
| 06.11.2026 | 19:30 | Stadthalle | Hall 3, engl. UT | ||||
| 07.11.2026 | 13:00 | KOLK 17 | Hall 1, dt. UT |
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| 08.11.2026 | 19:00 | Stadthalle | Hall 5, dt. UT |
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