Opening Film

The opening screening of Finnish Film Affair, and the Finnish Gala of HIFF – Love & Anarchy, is Teemu Nikki’s fiction feature Death Is a Problem for the Living.

The cheapest drivers in the hearse business, gambling addict Risto Kivi and his friend, the 85% brainless man Arto Niska, have found themselves in a situation where everything has gone wrong, and they are in need of a fresh start. Death Is a Problem for the Living is a film about addiction, friendship and carrying dead bodies.

The opening screenings will be held on Wednesday 20 September at Bio Rex and Savoy.

Death Is a Problem for The Living

The cheapest drivers in the hearse business, gambling addict Risto Kivi and his friend, the 85% brainless man Arto Niska, have found themselves in a situation where everything has gone wrong, and they are in need of a fresh start. Death Is a Problem for The Living is a film about addiction, friendship and carrying dead bodies.

Genre: COMEDY, DRAMA
Director: Teemu Nikki
Producer: Jani Pösö
Writer: Teemu Nikki
Production company: It's Alive Films
Country: Finland, Italy
Duration: 97 min