The Squirrel, written and directed by Markus Lehmusruusu, will begin its shooting next week. The warmhearted film is set in an absurd future world and tells a story of a man called Pasi, a man completely estranged from nature, who encounters the last living squirrel of the world. In the film, Pasi decides to defy the rules and help the squirrel, but things don’t go quite according to plan – the squirrel gets depressed, and Pasi falls in love.
The film, starring Miro Lopperi, Mimosa Willamo, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Pirjo Heikkilä, Roderick Kabanga, Pirjo Lonka and Eero Ritala among others, is co-produced by Pallas Film, Volya Films and Zentropa Sweden, and financed by The Finnish Film Foundation, Deutscher Filmförderfonds, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Nederlands Filmfonds, Gotlands Filmfond and produced in collaboration with Yle. REinvent Studios is handling the international sales.
