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• Unknown Soldier | DVD | (19/08/2019) from £9.58   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  It's June 1941. In Finland, a machine gun company is deployed from its barracks to prepare for the invasion of the Soviet Union. Crossing the old border lost during the Winter War, the band of men engage in increasingly guerilla tactics as their advance on Soviet positions spills more and more into local cities, and the distinction between enemy and civilian starts to blur. Embedding themselves within hostile territories, the threat of ambush on all fronts tests the limits of their courage, discipline and moral code. As the company's ranks deplete, the tension between them augments. Artillery barrage, sniper attacks and trench warfare around them, it is also the conflicts within each man that threatens to engulf them. Ultimately their dependence on one another is what becomes both their weakness, and their biggest strength. Finland's highest-grossing film of the year, Unknown Soldier is a testament to their sacrifice in World War II and to the human suffering of a universal soldier. It is a part of history that is rarely spoken about, and a part of history that should never be forgotten.

• Fallen Leaves | Blu Ray | (15/04/2024) from £10.80   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Master filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki (Le Havre, The Other Side of Hope) returns with his latest deadpan gem FALLEN LEAVES, a luminous ode to romance and moviegoing.In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a local karaoke bar. However, the pair's path to happiness is beset by numerous obstacles from lost numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.Finland's Best International Feature Film entry to the 96th Academy Awards. Winner of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize.

• Fallen Leaves | DVD | (15/04/2024) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Lapland Odyssey | DVD | (27/05/2013) from £21.58   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Set in the frozen landscape of northern Finland, this raucous road trip begins when slacker Janne is sent out into the night by his beautiful and frustrated girlfriend Inari to purchase a cable box for their home. But the quest is not as simple as it sounds. Janne, accompanied by his two hapless and troublemaking friends, is propelled along a bizarre journey filled with such obstacles as naked, gun-toting Russians, some very hostile reindeer, a Jacuzzi of bikini-clad beauties, barroom brawls, Inari's creepy ex-boyfriend, and much more. Meanwhile, the police are in pursuit of the three friends at every turn. Unfolding at a breakneck pace, this winningly wacky comedy is an award-winning film festival favourite that was the biggest hit of the year in its home country (beating out the Harry Potter movies!).