Completed - FINNISH - Drama, Crime, Road movie - 119 minutes
How to love a dazzling and an empowering person who is also too dangerous to be close to? Even if she is family.
Year of production : 2017 Director(s) : Zaida BERGROTH Writer(s) : Jan FORSSTRÖM, Zaida BERGROTH Cast : Krista KOSONEN, Sonja KUITTINEN Producer(s) : Miia HAAVISTO (HELSINKI-FILMI)
Angela (29) blows into a small town in the Finnish countryside, dazzling the locals with her exotic dancer troupe, sequined swirls and mega-watt smile. After a nasty encounter backstage she leaves town just as fast, only now with her estranged half-sister Anna (21) in tow.After some initial hesitation, Anna embraces exotic dancing and life on the road. She even steps up to the plate when thugs follow Angela around to collect a large debt. Having started as a drama, MIAMI shifts into higher gear as a thriller-driven road movie. Seduced by Angela’s way of life, believing in daydreams and last-minute bailouts, Anna devises an ambitious and dangerous black mail scheme to help her out. The journey brings the sisters together and they make up for the lost years. However the darkness that Angela’s troubles arise from is too deep to handle for Anna, who is just starting to find herself as an adult. She’s trying to protect Angela with the little bit of maturity that she just found, but none of the bubbly champagne and sequined costumes can save her now. The sisterhood has become a complex mine field in which Anna can either find – or lose – herself.
Country(ies) : FINLAND
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