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Starring Marjut Maristo, Amanda Pike, Malla Malmivaara. Directed by Dome Karukoski. Classification: E18+, 104 mins. Official Site: http://www.delaus.ec.europa.eu/News&events/Cultural/FilmFestival2011/index.htm Language: Finnish (subtitled).
Two 18-year-olds from apostolic Lutheran families (a sect that takes the Bible literally and prohibits contraceptives, television, alcohol, rhythmic dancing and premarital sex), wind up sampling “Forbidden Fruit” in this melodramatic coming-of-age movie. Sassy brunette Maria leaves her repressive home in Northern Ostrobothnia to experience the pleasures of the flesh in Helsinki. She figures she can always repent and be welcomed back to the fold (“All your sins forgiven in the name and blood of Christ”) per Laestadian liturgy. When community elders dispatch Maria’s prissy blonde best friend Raakel to save her from eternal damnation, they fail to consider Raakel’s own vulnerabilities.
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