SET AGAINST the backdrop of an idyllic lakeside community in rural Finland, A Moment In The Reeds tells the story of Tareq and Leevi, two gay men from very different backgrounds who find they are living parallel lives.
Leevi (played by Janne Puustinen) has returned from studying in Paris to help his widower father renovate their family holiday home. Tareq (played by Boodi Kabbani) has fled to Finland to escape conscription into the Syrian civil war. With his qualifications as an architect carrying no weight in a country where he does not speak the language, he is working as a handyman.