--- title: 'Purge (2012)' type: 'film' director: 'Antti Jokinen' released: '2012-09-07' runtime_minutes: 125 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'Finland' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/purge-2012' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1714205/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Purge (2012) 2012 · 125 min · Drama · Finland Original title: Puhdistus ## Synopsis Purge is a 2012 Finnish drama film directed by Antti Jokinen, based on the novel of the same name by Sofi Oksanen. The film was selected as the Finnish entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make it to the final shortlist. At the 2013 Jussi Award, the film received eight nominations, including Best Film, Best Direction and Best Costume Design. It won Best Actress for Birn, Best Supporting Actress for Liisi Tandefelt, along with Best Cinematography, Best Sound Design and Best Make-Up Design. Birn was also nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Actress. The film stars Peter Franzén, Tommi Korpela, Krista Kosonen and Laura Birn. ## Credits - **Director:** [Antti Jokinen](https://cinepixo.com/people/antti-jokinen) - **Screenplay:** [Antti Jokinen](https://cinepixo.com/people/antti-jokinen), [Marko Leino](https://cinepixo.com/people/marko-leino) - **Original Music Composer:** [Tuomas Kantelinen](https://cinepixo.com/people/tuomas-kantelinen) - **Producer:** [Markus Selin](https://cinepixo.com/people/markus-selin) - **Director of Photography:** [Rauno Ronkainen](https://cinepixo.com/people/rauno-ronkainen) - **Editor:** [Kimmo Taavila](https://cinepixo.com/people/kimmo-taavila) ## Cast - [Laura Birn](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-birn) - [Amanda Pilke](https://cinepixo.com/people/amanda-pilke) - [Krista Kosonen](https://cinepixo.com/people/krista-kosonen) - [Liisi Tandefelt](https://cinepixo.com/people/liisi-tandefelt) - [Peter Franzén](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-franzen) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/purge-2012 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2618838); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.