IMDb RATING
6.7/10
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A man who euthanizes animals as a side job runs afoul of a white supremacist.A man who euthanizes animals as a side job runs afoul of a white supremacist.A man who euthanizes animals as a side job runs afoul of a white supremacist.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 5 nominations
Erin Hedberg
- Child #2
- (as Erin Myhrberg)
- Director
- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaAlthough Matti Onnismaa has appeared in various roles on many Finnish films, this is his first leading role in a feature film. And knowing this fact, the script was written with him in mind.
- Quotes
Veijo Haukka: Everyone has to pay for the pain that they've caused. Pain needs to be balanced.
- SoundtracksSua lemmin kuin järjetön mä oisin
Written by Pat Best (as William Pat Best)
Lyrics by Olavi Virta
Performed by Olavi Virta
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Treat your pets as you would yourself
A small, confined and precisely executed movie about an emotionally scarred middle-aged man, who euthanizes pets - and judges their owners while doing it. It's sort of missing the point to call Armomurhaaja a thriller; at its core Armomurhaaja is a comedy, a very, very dark comedy about moral relativism and purism. Topics that are visited in movies way too rarely. Armomurhaaja is the bluntest examination on morality seen on the silver screen in ages. And a successful one at that. Actor Onnismaa's cantankerous, unrelenting, uncompromising, stubborn and anachronistic character demands to be taken seriously, because he will not sell out his values, and makes a convincing argument that his values - while not his methods - should be universal values.
The experienced Teemu Nikki is an original thinker, and knows how to make movies. Armomurhaaja looks about five times its budget (the IMDb estimated production cost is, if anything, an over-estimation) and is told in a sure-footed manner. It is also the best friend an animal, a pet, can have in the cinemaverse.
The experienced Teemu Nikki is an original thinker, and knows how to make movies. Armomurhaaja looks about five times its budget (the IMDb estimated production cost is, if anything, an over-estimation) and is told in a sure-footed manner. It is also the best friend an animal, a pet, can have in the cinemaverse.
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- EnoVarma
- Mar 17, 2018
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- Barmhärtighetsmördaren
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- Budget
- €300,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $12,057
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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