Harjunpaa and the Persecutors (1994)
Directed by Liisa Rauteva / Ake Lindman
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
Most of this Finnish thriller was filmed at night. It follows the trials of a young couple who are harassed by a pair of creeps who play nasty pranks such as ordering a huge load of coal on the phone and having it dumped in the couple's beloved rose garden. Officer Harjunpaa and his partner, a woman check out the allegations. The poor husband goes mad from worry about what the persecutors will do next. The film ends two suicides.
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elderly, harassment, mental-illness, police, prank, rampage, suicide, teenagers