On November 7, 2007, 18 year old Pekka shot and killed eight people at a high school in Jokela, a peaceful Finnish commuter town just north of Helsinki. Conversations with classmates, teachers and Pekka's parents lead into to a haunting reconstruction of the oppressive circumstances that led to this tragic act. We come to see that these circumstances are not necessarily unique to Pekka's life in Jokela.

What makes a school shooter? That is the question that Alexander Oey's documentary asks itself in an attempt to explain the most violent school shooting in Finland's history. Through the words of those who knew him and extraordinary images of Jokela, the sleepy town which became the tragic stage for his actions, we relive the last moments in the life of Pekka, the 18-year-old shooter.

What makes a school shooter? That is the question this film asks itself in an attempt to understand the most violent school shooting in Finland's history. A sleepy town, poignantly normal, sets the tragic stage. This is the site of the Jokela school massacre. Through the words of those who knew him and his own YouTube videos, we relive Pekka's life, from troubled childhood to dark final moments.