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Heavy Trip

Heavy Trip

Better shit thighs than eternal constipation.

20186.91h 32m

Overview

Turo is stuck in a small village and the best thing in his life is being the lead vocalist for the amateur metal band Impaled Rektum. He and his bandmates have practiced for 12 years without playing a single gig. The guys get a surprise visitor from Norway -- the promoter for a huge heavy metal music festival -- and decide it's now or never. They steal a van, a corpse, and even a new drummer to make their dreams a reality.

Directed by Jukka Vidgren
Written by Aleksi Puranen, Juuso Laatio, Jari Rantala
Produced by Kaarle Aho, Kai Nordberg
Box OfficeBudget: $3.4M0

Top Cast

Johannes Holopainen

Johannes Holopainen

Turo Moilanen

Samuli Jaskio

Samuli Jaskio

Lotvonen

Antti Tuomas Heikkinen

Antti Tuomas Heikkinen

Jynkky

Max Ovaska

Max Ovaska

Pasi / Xytrax

Minka Kuustonen

Minka Kuustonen

Miia

Ville Tiihonen

Ville Tiihonen

Jouni Tulkku

Kai Lehtinen

Kai Lehtinen

Kujanpää

Chike Ohanwe

Chike Ohanwe

Oula

Pirjo Lonka

Pirjo Lonka

Nursing Home Pirjo

Martti Syrjä

Martti Syrjä

Lotvonen's Father

Themes & Keywords

coffinborderlaplandfinnishgraveheavy metalvikings (norsemen)parodyroad tripnorwayreindeermental patientfestivalfinlandvomitingroad moviegrave robbingblack metalbazooka

About Heavy Trip

Heavy Trip is a comedy, music film released in 2018 exploring themes of coffin, border, lapland, finnish, grave, heavy metal. Directed by Jukka Vidgren, it stars Johannes Holopainen, Samuli Jaskio, Antti Tuomas Heikkinen. Turo is stuck in a small village and the best thing in his life is being the lead vocalist for the amateur metal band Impaled Rektum. He and his bandmates have practiced for 12 years without playing a single gig. The guys get a surprise visitor from Norway -- the promoter for a huge heavy metal music festival -- and decide it's now or never. They steal a van, a corpse, and even a new drummer to make their dreams a reality.

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