A Moment in the Reeds

A Moment in the Reeds

Directed by Mikko Mäkelä

Produced by Wild Beast Productions

2018108 min6.2 / 10

A tender summer romance between two young men from vastly different worlds, shadowed by impending separation and the weight of displacement and family obligation.

Having moved to Paris for university, Leevi returns to his native Finland for the summer to help his estranged father renovate the family lake house so it can be sold. Tareq, a recent asylum seeker from Syria, has been hired to help with the work, and when Leevi's father has to return to town on business, the two young men establish a connection and embark on a romance set against the idyllic Finnish summer. However, looming over this chance encounter, is the father's imminent return to the lake house, the continuation of Leevi's studies abroad as well as Tareq's complex relationship with his family in Syria.

Questions people ask

  • Is A Moment in the Reeds sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is A Moment in the Reeds violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is A Moment in the Reeds easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.

  • Is A Moment in the Reeds scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Does A Moment in the Reeds end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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24/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity31

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise12

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love30

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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