Purge (2012)

Antii Jokinen's Purge (Finland, 2012) - Adapted from Finnish author Sofi Oksanen’s award-winning novel, which won, among others, the 2007 Nordic Council Literary Award, Purge is set in Estonia from before the Stalinist deportations in 1949 until after the country’s independence in 1991. Shot in Estonia, with Laura Birn, Liisi Tandefelt, Amanda Pilke, Krista Kosonen, Peter Franzén and Tommi Korpela in the leads, it follows two generations of women intertwining the stories of Aliide, a villager, and Zara, a victim of human trafficking, linked together by deceit, desperation and fear. 2013OE. RATING: 7