A Moment in the Reeds

About A Moment in the Reeds

Having moved to Paris for university, Leevi returns to his native Finland for the summer to help his estranged father renovate the family lake house so it can be sold. Tareq, a recent asylum seeker from Syria, has been hired to help with the work, and when Leevi's father has to return to town on business, the two young men establish a connection and embark on a romance set against the idyllic Finn…

A Moment in the Reeds (2018) is a romance film directed by Mikko Mäkelä. Its themes are comforting, thoughtful, intimate, and immigrant.

Janne Puustinen appears as Leevi, Boodi Kabbani as Tareq, Mika Melender as Jouko, and Virpi Rautsiala as Pirjo. It runs 108 minutes and was released in June 2018.

The screenplay is by Mikko Mäkelä.

God's Own Country, Crush, and North Sea Texas make useful companions to A Moment in the Reeds, all filed under father son relationship, gay romance, and gay theme. TMDB voters put it at 6.2 out of 10 across 99 votes.