Two brothers choose the opposite sides in a civil war of a small country. Read More »
Tag Archives: Finland
The Night Is Long AKA Yö on pitkä (1952) Aarne Tarkas, Jussi Jurkka, Mirja Karisto, Åke Lindman
Åke Strandberg has managed to get a fine education and a good job at the bank, but he wants more. Read More »
The Violin Player AKA Viulisti (2018) Paavo Westerberg, Matleena Kuusniemi, Olavi Uusivirta, Kim Bodnia
45-year-old Karin is a leading violinist who loses the sensitivity in her fingers after a traffic accident. Read More »
Darkness in Tallinn AKA Tallinn pimeduses (1993) Ilkka Järvi-Laturi, Ivo Uukkivi, Milena Gulbe, Monika Mäger
In August, 1991, Estonia reclaims its independence from the USSR and brings to its national bank Read More »
The Song of the Scarlet Flower AKA Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta (1938) Teuvo Tulio, Kaarlo Oksanen, Rakel Linnanheimo, Mirjami Kuosmanen
About Olavi, a farmer’s son who leaves his home after a dispute with his father and leads a life of a womanizing logger. Read More »
Faithless AKA Trolösa (2000) Liv Ullmann, Lena Endre, Erland Josephson, Krister Henriksson
Marianne is a theatre actress married to an orchestra conductor, Markus. Read More »
The Road of War AKA Taistelun tie (1940) Risto Orko, Hilkka Helinä, Kyösti Kallio, Turo Kartto
The film presented the background of the war, the war itself and the reconstruction work begun right after the war. Read More »
Crime and Punishment AKA Rikos ja rangaistus (1983) Aki Kaurismäki, Markku Toikka, Aino Seppo, Esko Nikkari
An adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s novel, set in modern Helsinki. Read More »
Sunday’s Children AKA Söndagsbarn (1992) Daniel Bergman, Henrik Linnros, Thommy Berggren, Lena Endre
The film switches back and forth between the adventures of Pu on a summer holiday in Norrland in Sweden Read More »
Ito: A Diary of an Urban Priest AKA Seitti – kilvoittelijan päiväkirja (2009) Pirjo Honkasalo
Set in Tokyo, Ito – A Diary of an Urban Priest tells the story of Yoshinobu Fujioka, a young Buddhist priest Read More »
A Shot in the Factory AKA Laukaus tehtaalla (1973) Erkko Kivikoski, Urpo Poikolainen, Aarne Hakulinen, Pentti Viljakainen
In the beginning of this film we see an elderly man cycling to his workplace, a factory in a small town, but not for work. Read More »
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia AKA Melancholian 3 huonetta (2004) Pirjo Honkasalo, Pirkko Saisio
A searing examination of the unrelenting Chechen conflict Read More »
The Unknown Soldier AKA Tuntematon sotilas (1955) Edvin Laine, Kosti Klemelä, Heikki Savolainen, Reino Tolvanen
It is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun company receives an order to turn in their surplus equipment. Read More »
The Winter War AKA Talvisota (1989) Pekka Parikka, Taneli Mäkelä, Vesa Vierikko, Timo Torikka
Set during World War 2. After Nazi Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, Russia attacked Finland in November 1939. Read More »
Zombie and the Ghost Train AKA Zombie ja Kummitusjuna (1991) Mika Kaurismäki, Silu Seppälä, Marjo Leinonen, Matti Pellonpää
Antti “Zombie” Autiomaa does two things well: play the bass guitar and drink. Read More »