Purge
Film poster
Directed by	Antti Jokinen
Written by	Marko Leino Antti Jokinen
Produced by	Markus Selin
Starring	Laura Birn
Cinematography	Rauno Ronkainen
Edited by	Kimmo Taavila
Music by	Tuomas Kantelinen
Production companies	Solar Films Taska Film
Release date	7 September 2012 (2012-09-07)
Running time	125 minutes
Country	Finland
Language	Finnish

Purge (Finnish: Puhdistus) is a 2012 Finnish drama film directed by Antti Jokinen, based on the novel of the same name by Sofi Oksanen. The film was selected as the Finnish entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make it to the final shortlist.^[1] At the 2013 Jussi Award, the film received eight nominations, including Best Film, Best Direction and Best Costume Design. It won Best Actress for Birn, Best Supporting Actress for Liisi Tandefelt, along with Best Cinematography, Best Sound Design and Best Make-Up Design. Birn was also nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Actress.

Cast

• Laura Birn as Aliide Truu (younger)
• Liisi Tandefelt as Aliide Truu (older)
• Amanda Pilke as Zara
• Peter Franzén as Hans Pekk
• Krista Kosonen as Ingel
• Tommi Korpela as Martin Truu
• Kristjan Sarv as Paša
• Jarmo Mäkinen as Lavrenti
• Jaanika Arum as Katia
• Tomi Salmela as Miliisi
• Panu Vauhkonen as Pitkä miliisi
• Taavi Eelmaa as Jaan Berg

Plot

The exhausted Zara (Amanda Pilke) escapes Russian human traffickers that smuggled her from Russia to Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, under the pretext of working at a hotel. There, beaten and raped, she provides sexual services to gangster clients. After escaping, she goes to the home of an older woman, Aliide (Lisia Tandefelt), where she finds shelter. Two seemingly different women combine not only similar painful experiences, but also blood ties. The girl's experiences mean that the old woman must re-evaluate her life, full of suffering, sacrifice and unrequited love.