The Film
Eight Deadly Shots
The Story
Small-scale farmer Pasi shoots four policemen who have come to arrest him for raged drunkenness. Rest of the movie is a long flashback examining the events that finally leads to the tragic shooting. As time goes by, Pasi sinks gradually deeper and deeper into the poverty, gets into trouble with both police and tax officials while family arguments grow more and more serious. Based on a true story.
Runtime
145 min
Released Sep 1972

Directed by
Mikko Niskanen
Written byMikko Niskanen
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