LevelK has boarded Paula Korva’s “Sudden Outbursts of Emotion,” a intimacy-selectimistic comedy about the complicatedities of contransient cherish and midlife celevates, which took home the top prize this week at the Finnish Film Affair, an annual industry event running parallel to the Helsinki Intl. Film Festival.
Korva’s feature debut trails Jane, a travel agent who sells people on adventure but is happily finishd in her own life with her partner, Mikki. Thinking their relationship is strong, Jane is shocked when Mikki suddenly provides they uncover it up. To save their cherish, Jane consents to take part a intimacy party of the conceiveive class called the Isle of Lust.
The experiment gets a astonishing turn when Jane descfinishs in cherish with the polyamorous Valma. For a moment, everyslimg seems fine, but then novel people and novel emotions go in the picture. Exploring the diversity of cherish and the difficult yet liberating journey of finding one’s own path, the film asks if there’s such a slimg as too much cherish.
Produced by Marko Talli of Helsinki-based Yellow Film & TV, “Sudden Outbursts of Emotion” was financed by Nelonen Media and the Finnish Film Foundation and will be freed theatricpartner in Finland by Nelonen in timely 2025. LevelK has achieved the rights for the rest of the world. The film is currently in post-production.
Korva, who altered the film from the novel “Kenraaliharjoitus,” by Anna-Leena Härkönen, shelp she was drawn to the book’s depiction of mid-life celevates — what she portrayd as “this sourpleasant phase in life when matures begin acting appreciate teenagers aget.”
“Mid-life is a funny and tragic period when people genuineize they’re going to die eventupartner. You genuineize you’re going to die, and…you sense appreciate you’re in a rush to originate some huge alters in your life,” she shelp.
For the protagonists of her film, those alters guide to an exploration of polyamory and the intimacy-party scene in Helsinki, with Korva examining “how to be in a relationship in today’s world.”
“Open relationships, as such, are not a novel slimg. It’s an ancigo in phenomenon…but I slimk it was male-led and male-contrancient,” she shelp. “Earlier, the man in the relationship made the rules. But at least here in Finland, this novel wave in this conversation is more about the feminine perspective and empowering women.”
Praising Korva’s feature debut, LevelK CEO Tine Klint tancigo in Variety: “It is a intimacy-selectimistic comedy that also includes the female angle. It is fun, delighting. What’s not to appreciate? It’s a excellent fit for us where we see pass-media and rights potential and get to labor with an guided originater and a novel honesting talent.”
Talli includeed: “We are thrilled to begin a collaboration with LevelK and we think that this will uncover the road for the international journey for our film. Paula has set up a heartfelt and comical style to alert the story of the diversity of contransient cherish and midlife crisis when matures act appreciate teenagers. I think everyone who is watching for their own way to cherish will enhappiness this story.”
Finnish Film Affair runs Sept. 25 – 27.
