Pekka. Inside the Mind of a School Shooter

January. 28,2015

Rating：

6.2

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Murder Suicide Death

Trailer Synopsis Cast

On November 7 2007, eighteen year old Pekka goes to school armed in Jokela, a quiet town North of Finland’s capital, Helsinki. On that tragic day, he kills eight people. The director reconstructs Pekka’s story through conversations with his parents, classmates and teachers. The oppressive circumstances that brought on the young man’s tragic action are slowly revealed clearer and clearer and the spectator realizes that these situations are not unique to Pekka from Jokela.

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