
’Little Siberia’ premiers on Netflix
The Finnish film Little Siberia based on the bestselling novel by Antti Tuomainen premiers globally on Netflix today.
Little Siberia, directed by Dome Karukoski and starring Eero Ritala, Malla Malmivaara, Martti Suosalo, and Tommi Korpela, follows the residents of the small village of Hurmevaara, whose quiet lives are upended when a meteorite crashes through a car roof one night. According to the town’s mayor, the meteorite is very valuable for the future of the slowly dying village. Joel, the village priest, and a veteran peacekeeper, ends up guarding the meteorite in an old museum before it is sent to London for a more detailed evaluation. But a precious meteorite gets a lot of attention… While Joel protects the meteorite from both amateur and professional criminals, he tries to unravel an even greater mystery surrounding his own life. Joel’s wife has recently revealed that she, finally, is pregnant. Great news, but unfortunately, Joel is unable to have children due to his war injury. He just hasn’t told his wife…
The film is produced by Ina Sohlberg for SF Studios and Mark Lwoff and Misha Jaari for Bufo.