Almost 18

KARRI takes his last driving lesson; his own mother is the instructor. The wheel turns the wrong way, and she smells alcohol on her son's breath. PETE tries to console his girlfriend after she takes an abortion pill, but he needs consoling as well. ANDRÉ has to pick up his little brother from kindergarten because his mother is "working extra hours"; she later comes home drunk with a coworker in her arms. AKSELI goes to the country to stay with his grandparents. Unbeknownst to him, they've also invited his father, an ex-alcoholic. JONI has a summer job at an amusement park as a wolf who attracts all teenage girls to his furry arms. After hours he works as a stripper for grown-up ladies to finance his drug habits. (Zlín Film Festival)