Helsinki Syndrome
Family man Elias Karo takes four journalist hostage at their newspaper’s headquarters, in a desperate attempt to get them to reveal the wrongdoing wreaked on his family during the 90's recession.
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Entrepreneur Elias Karo takes four journalists from the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat hostage to expose how a bank stole his family's fortune in the 1990s and caused an over-generational tragedy.
1.Saturday
7.002-09-202249mIn the aftermath of the recession, devoted family man Elias Karo kidnaps four journalists to reveal how a bank robbed his family of their fortune in the 1990s.
2.Sunday
7.002-09-202250mElias Karo lets journalist Hanna Raivio search for evidence to expose a crime committed by a bank in the 1990s. Negotiator Jarmo Kiiski braces himself for a long siege.
3.Monday
8.002-09-202248mThere is not enough evidence to publish the Elias case. He asks victims of the 1990s crisis to send their stories to the editor. Jarmo Kiiski tries to negotiate the release of jour...
4.Tuesday Midday
8.002-09-202249mNews of the kidnapping spreads around the world. Elias Karo's partner in crime, Lauri Ristiniemi, finally gets access to the computer of ex-bank manager Matti Puronen.
5.Tuesday Evening
8.002-09-202251mWhen Elias Karo's plans go south, he has to go back to the office and decide whether to continue. The police operation is disrupted by a protester.
6.Wednesday
8.002-09-202255mThe mood in the office becomes tense when Elias Karo is isolated by the police. Negotiator Jarmo Kiiski decides to change tactics. Elias and Jarmo meet for the first time.
7.Thursday
9.002-09-202252mElias is trying to break the police's isolation by any means necessary to connect with the outside world. Hanna demands that Jarmo let her back into the office. The end is near.
8.A long weekend
8.002-09-202253mThe police are trying to find Elias. Jarmo suspects that Elias has had another plan all along. Hanna wants to find out what the real purpose behind the kidnapping is.
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