Lonesome Land

One day, everything went to shit. A forestry machine driver crossed a river and, without realizing, crushed thousands of highly endangered freshwater pearl mussels.

Lonesome Land is a philosophical crime film with an absurd twist. It paints a cinematic portrait of forestry loggers and other living creatures in a remote area of eastern Finland, near the Russian border.

While the story centres on one of the most severe environmental crimes in the country’s history, the film ultimately explores deeper themes: our perception of time and the growing alienation of humans from the very ecosystems that sustain us. 

Lonesome Land is a heartfelt tale about small human lives caught in the gears of capitalism – a story of our shared planetary loneliness.

The film intertwines majestic nature cinematography with the work, lives, and destinies of rural people.