The world is on the brink of catastrophe. If we lose hope in a better future, what are we left with?
A young man is shooting people from a rooftop in downtown Helsinki.
An unsuspecting mother is confronted with a horrifying scenario she's powerless to stop.
A sister can only watch events unfold from afar.
Over the course of a day, one family fractures and with lives at stake each member must examine everything that brought them to this moment. But this crisis goes beyond their small lives; Aslak is not the only boy on a rooftop with a gun today. He is part of an international group set on stopping environmental disaster by killing as many of those they deem responsible as they can.
Can a desperate mother reconcile her complicated feelings towards her son and reach him in time to stop a catastrophe? This is the story of the lives on the brink and finding hope in the face of despair. Elina Hirvonen is a Finnish writer, journalist and documentary filmmaker. When I Forgot, her debut novel, was published in Finland in 2005, where it was shortlisted for a Torch-bearer award. Her first documentary feature film, Paradise: Three journeys in this world, is about migration from Africa to Europe. It premiered in Helsinki in 2007, and has won several awards in international festivals around the world. She has been working as a host, journalist and producer for current affairs TV shows, and as an editor-in-chief for feminist magazine Tulva ('The Flood'). We Need to Talk About Kevin meets John le Carré at his best Shorlisted for the Torch-bearer Award (2016) in Finland Chillingly believable: We Need to Talk About Kevin meets John Le Carre at his best
