Vares: Private Eye

Reijo Mäki is Finland's most popular writer of detective novels, and Jussi Vares - private eye hero of these widely-read stories - is a man for whom life is never simple. On the trail of a woman, Vares finds himself caught up with underworld characters who are on the trail of hidden millions, skimmed from Russian Mafia operations. The resulting tangle of deceit, sex and intrigue climaxes in explosive action, set against a backdrop of unending rain.

And human life is not worth much in comparison. When his back is against the wall, Vares is a man of action, driven by a strange sense of chivalry. This weighs more in the scales than his own life. The toughest movie thriller ever made in Finland brings Reijo Mäki´s down-to-earth hero to the screen – a man with a liking for liquor and an eye for a beautiful woman. In the merciless duel which follows the rain washes away the blood – and death is never far. (official distributor synopsis)