EIGHT DEADLY SHOTS

A film by Mikko NISKANEN

1972 / Finlande / 316’ / Noir & blanc / status : completed

Small-farmer Pasi shoots four policemen who have come to arrest him for raged drunkenness.As time goes by, Pasi sinks deeper into poverty, gets into trouble with police and tax officials, all while family arguments grow more and more serious. Based on a real story.

The films are restored in 4K by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project and Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata from sources around the world.