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.
2008
HD
108min
Finland
Finnish
Dome Karukoski
Niilo Syväoja
Tommi Korpela
Iiro Panula
Ville Saksela
Pertti Sveholm
Niko Vakkuri
Kati Outinen
Eero Milonoff
Henri Huttunen
based on novel or book
island
foster home
