The Mine

Story

Jussi is starting a new job at the environment authority in Lapland and has the task of checking whether the regulations have been adhered to in a nickel mine. The mine is owned by a powerful mining company led by the charismatic Pekka. Jussi soon notices that there’s something fishy going on. Approval procedures are shortened, expert opinions ignored, favours dispersed. Pekka is the mastermind behind a corrupt web linking industry and state sector – and Jussi becomes part of it. Under pressure not to jeopardize a project that is politically desired and will create many jobs, he at first closes his eyes to the impending ecological disaster. But how long can he remain silent? A tense ecothriller, based on a true story that made the headlines in Finland a few years ago.

Director

Aleksi Salmenperä (*1973) works as a director and screenplay writer and became widely known through his films Producing Adults (2004), A Man's Work (2007) and Distractions (2015) for which he received the Finnish film prize.

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