Making their second Park City trip in just as many outings with 2020’s Are You Hungry? following in the footsteps of Fucking Bunnies (2017), the tandem of director Teemu Niukkanen and screenwriter Antti Toivonen embrace the quirkier aspects of what make humans tick by essentially … focusing on how they click. The Finns have embraced what could be described as a noir in plain sight social-class humor dressed with sight gag humor and sonic pulses that remind audiences that it is more than the character set that are being prodded. An overbearing mother and her mute teenage son are front and pants splitting center in what tonally reminds of the hapless and ways of being characters in Östlund cinema.…...
- 4/17/2020
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
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by Peter Belsito
This is a dark somewhat surreal comedy from Helsinki Finland is of a boring middle aged guy, Raimo, whose life is upended when his new apartment complex next door neighbors are devil worshiping sex cultists.
The film follows him as he tries to avoid them but is slowly drawn into their uncomfortable (but attractive) circle.
Middle class life will never be the same.
The new neighbor guy is Maki, very nice and considerate, always on the lookout for new friends. Being oblivious to Raimo’s subtle hints to keep his distance, Maki volunteers to be his squash partner.
Trying to avoid sharing his squash slot with the persistent cult leader Maki, Raimo ends up living in a lie that gets him into trouble.
“Fucking Bunnies” is a short film about squash, friendship, the educated middle class’ feeling of lost security, and their efforts to overcome an unexpected rush of strange feelings,...
This is a dark somewhat surreal comedy from Helsinki Finland is of a boring middle aged guy, Raimo, whose life is upended when his new apartment complex next door neighbors are devil worshiping sex cultists.
The film follows him as he tries to avoid them but is slowly drawn into their uncomfortable (but attractive) circle.
Middle class life will never be the same.
The new neighbor guy is Maki, very nice and considerate, always on the lookout for new friends. Being oblivious to Raimo’s subtle hints to keep his distance, Maki volunteers to be his squash partner.
Trying to avoid sharing his squash slot with the persistent cult leader Maki, Raimo ends up living in a lie that gets him into trouble.
“Fucking Bunnies” is a short film about squash, friendship, the educated middle class’ feeling of lost security, and their efforts to overcome an unexpected rush of strange feelings,...
- 1/27/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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Teemu Niukkanen’s short film “Fucking Bunnies” follows a middle-aged Finnish man, Raimo, living a comfortable middle-class life with his wife in the suburbs of Helsinki. However, his bubble bursts when a Satan-worshipping sex cult moves in next door and the cult leader, Maki, turns out to be a very nice, considerate guy. When Maki volunteers to be Raimo’s squash partner, Raimo is forced to live a lie that gets him in trouble. Watch an exclusive clip from the film below.
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“I enjoy comedy born from the collision between the everyday and the bizarre,” says Niukkanen. “Those moments where social codes are pushed to their limits, almost to the breaking point. Our basic human need for normality is extremely strong and I love to witness the struggle people are ready to go through just to maintain the status quo.
Read More: 10 Surprises and Hidden Gems from the 2017 Sundance Lineup
“I enjoy comedy born from the collision between the everyday and the bizarre,” says Niukkanen. “Those moments where social codes are pushed to their limits, almost to the breaking point. Our basic human need for normality is extremely strong and I love to witness the struggle people are ready to go through just to maintain the status quo.
- 1/9/2017
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
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