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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. From the director of smash hit thriller The Resident and Finland's Official Academy Award submission for 2013, Purge tells the epic, breath-taking story of two women thrown together by fate and by history. Escaping a ruthless gang of criminals in present day Estonia, Zara is taken in by her great aunt Aliide, a mysterious woman whom she has only ever known from a faded photograph of her mother s. But Zara soon discovers the incredible journey and immense ordeal suffered by Aliide decades ago at the hands Stalin s Soviet militia during its tumultuous regime in World War II. Actors Laura Birn, Liisi Tandefelt, Amanda Pilke, Peter Franzén, Krista Kosonen & Tommi Korpela Director Antti Jokinen Certificate 18 years and over Year 2012 Languages Finnish Subtitles English Duration 1 hour and 50 minutes (approx)

Antti Jokinen directs this Finnish-language drama following the relationship that develops between two Eastern European women of different generations who have suffered immense hardships. In search of refuge from a gang of criminals in Estonia, Zara (Amanda Pilke) is offered sanctuary by her Great Aunt Aliide (Liisi Tandefelt). Zara and Aliide have never met before, with the only connection between the two a photograph of the young Aliide (Laura Birn) Zara was passed by her mother. However, as the two women get to know each other, the story of Aliide's troubled history during Stalin's ruthless reign emerges and a bond begins to grow between the two as the past speaks to the present.