A Moment in the Reeds

A Moment in the Reeds (2018) — a Finnish romantic drama to watch online on iFILM, directed by Mikko Makela and starring Janne Puustinen and Boodi Kabbani.

Leevi returns from his studies in Paris to spend the summer in Finland — his estranged father needs help getting the family lake house ready for sale. The hired hand is Tareq, a Syrian asylum seeker, and when the father is called away to town, the two young men are left alone with long evenings, quiet water, and a pull toward each other that neither expected. Looming over it: the father's return, Leevi's studies abroad, and the uncertainty of Tareq's situation in Finland.

Director Makela holds his shots and lets the light and the lake do the heavy lifting. A quietly tender film about a connection that exists in the margins — and has no clear future. Stream A Moment in the Reeds on iFILM.