The Home of Dark Butterflies (2008)

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Country: Finland
Genres: Drama
Release: 2008-01-11
Director: Dome Karukoski
Writers: Dome Karukoski , Leena Lander , Marko Leino
Language: Finnish
Stars: Niilo Syväoja , Tommi Korpela , Kristiina Halttu , Kati Outinen , Pertti Sveholm , Matleena Kuusniemi , Eero Milonoff , Marjut Maristo , Roope Karisto , Ville Saksela
Runtime: 108 min
Awards: 8 wins & 8 nominations
AKA: Dom mrocznych motyli (Poland) , Tummien perhosten koti (Finland) , A fekete lepke háza (Hungary) , La maison des papillons noirs (France, French Republic) , Дом темных бабочек (Russian Federation) , Tummien perhosten koti , De mörka fjärilarnas hem (Sweden) , O Lar das Borboletas Escuras (Brazil) , The Home of Dark Butterflies
Plot: Juhani, 14 years old and tormented by a childhood trauma, has changed several foster parents from the age of eight. He is taken to an island, where there is a boys' home, run by a strict superintendent, Olavi Harjula. Besides the seven boys that dwell there, there is the superintendent, his wife, his two daughters and a woman for menial help. Juhani is gradually accepted by his peers and strikes a friendship with the eldest daughter. When Harjula is advised that funding will stop for his school due to his harsh methods, he decides to start a silkworm project for self-funding. All the boys agree to stay and help him, apart from Juhani, who expects to go back to his family that wants him back.
IMDB:tt0997188