
Birthday:
09-16-1970
(54 years)
Birthplace:
Varkaus, Finland
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Forest Giant
Act like Raninen
event2020 star_border 7.1
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Pasi returns to his childhood town, asked to reconfigure the local plywood factory. With a child on the way with his upper-class wife, Pasi sees an opportunity – this is his ticket to climb the professional ladder in the company. On arrival, he bumps into his childhood friend Janne, who works in the factory he is about to downsize. Pasi begins to struggle with the fact that he is supposed to care for the profits – not for the people.
Family Time
Act like Risto
event2023 star_border 6.3
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It’s Christmas time and the family has gathered. Everything goes on as it did the previous Christmases, with grandpa drinking too much and grandma trying to keep everyone in the mood. After the Christmas holidays, everyone returns to their own homes until it's time to gather again, this time for a funeral.
Getaways & Dreams
Act like Antti
event2023 star_border 3
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During one spring day, nine people dreaming of life or running away from it, plus a dog on the run, either meet, pass or collide on a certain road. Sisters Seija and Sanna are on their way to the airport because Seija is moving to Canada. Silja and Ville are mourning the anniversary of their dead daughter. The comedy duo is off on a tour after a long break, the paramedics are looking forward to a quiz night and Anita is finally ready to scatter the ashes of her deceased loved one in the lake. A strange man hitchhikes along the highway.
Producing Adults
Act like Driver in Traffic Jam
event2004 star_border 5.2
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Longtime couple Venla and Antero come to a serious impasse. After years with Antero, Venla wants to start a family, but her boyfriend, worried that parenthood will stifle his speed-skating career, secretly gets a vasectomy. Determined to have a child, Venla seeks help from a female fertility doctor, a decision that breeds new possibilities for the prospective mother when she falls in love with the doctor.
Butterflies
event2024 star_border 5.5
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Siiri, a hardworking millennial, wants to be successful in her job as the advisor to the Minister of Economic Affairs. She craves a promotion. Siiri’s job takes her and the hard-to-handle minister, an unpredictable eccentric boss lady, to a big tango festival in a small Finnish town. Siiri’s father Petri, a former tango artist and an overly optimistic middle-aged man, wants to make himself useful to Siiri while trying to hide the fact that he himself is homeless, bankrupt and finally at his wits end. Over the course of one summer weekend both Siiri’s and Petri’s facade comes tumbling down but the tango keeps going on in the sweet Finnish summer night.
Weddings and Other Disasters
Act like Sven
event2010 star_border 5.2
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Romantically disillusioned woman finds herself organising her sister's wedding. Cue romantic mismatching and shenanigans...
Adult Camp
Act like Rane
event2015 star_border 4.6
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Adult Camp is a comedy about the bumpy road to personal growth. A group of men and women, strangers to each other, choose to spend a different kind of summer holiday week by traveling to the beautiful Turku archipelago to participate in an inviting, upgraded version of an adult camp. When they discover that the galloping horses from the camp's sales video are just symbols of a free mind, and the guru of the camp takes off to witness his dog in labour, the participants are forced to examine themselves and each other to find the necessary elements for growth. Perhaps the camp doesn't fulfill its promise of the "most wonderful week of your life", but one thing's for sure - no one returns home the same.
Kummeli esittää: Kontio & Parmas
Act like Taapero
event2022 star_border 3.7
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Senior officer Otso Kontio has finally hung up his gun and badge and is spending his peaceful retiment days at his cabin. The peace is broken when his old partner Auni Parmas brings news about the destruction threatening the municipality of Valkeakoski.
It Is What It Is
Act like Doctor
event2023 star_border 8
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A serious man heads into the woods as a moose.
Last Cowboy Standing
Act like pappi
event2009 star_border 6.6
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In 1982 the guilt-ridden 18-year-old Rupert tries to remember and understand the events of the past amidst the chaos of the present.
Human Flesh
Act like M
event2020
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Finnish animation film.
Family Time
event2018 star_border 8
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A Finnish family gathers together to spend time at grandparents’. When the night goes on, we realize that this is how things always go. With a warm and subtly humorous gaze, the film looks closely at the unspoken structures and norms inside a family.
Turnaround
Act like Father
event2015 star_border 6
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A 12-year-old girl goes on a car ride with a man she met online to prove she is not a child anymore.
Festive Spirit
event2019 star_border 8
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The festive spirit of an office party is ruined, when a woman accidentally reveals that their colleague had harassed her at the previous office party.
Onni von Sopanen
Act like Veepee
event2006 star_border 9
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11-year-old Onni is struck with the idea that his parents aren't his biological parents.
Force of Habit
Act like Pena
event2019 star_border 6
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Force of Habit follows the lives of various women throughout one day. Hilla is having a romantic vacation, Emmi is throwing a house party, and Milja is on her way to school when they’re approached by a stranger and things take an unexpected turn. At the same time, Emppu, a young actress, is conflicted as she rehearses for the biggest role of her life. Elsewhere, Aleksi, an inexperienced prosecutor, is preparing for his first court case in haste; Niina, the victim of the crime, has been waiting years to see her case tried. Miia throws a company party, and the mood dramatically changes when her colleague Katja opens up about their boss coming on to her. Miia and a couple of her closest colleagues try to resolve the situation, but how do the others react?
Upswing
Act like Nikula
event2003 star_border 6.2
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Katri and Janne want to make a trip, which none of their friends have made. They end up in Jakomäki.
Gold Digger
Act like Pertti, Sänky-Pertti
event2016 star_border 5.7
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Marja (Minka Kuustonen) is a blogger. Olavi is one of the richest men in the country. She might be able to save her blog if she dates him, but what if she falls for him for real?
One Foot Under
Act like Harri
event2009 star_border 4.6
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Visa Vuorio, a 35-year old team leader at the Helsinki city gardening department, is suffering from a terminal neurological disease and only has a few months to live. Because of this, he is a member of a therapeutical support group for people suffering from terminal diseases. Visa's life changes when a young female reporter, Hanna Manninen arrives at the support group offering to write a series of articles about Visa's life story.
Fingerpori
Act like Perusmies
event2019 star_border 4.1
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Live action comedy about a fictional town and it's uncommon people, based on a comic strip 'Fingerpori', by Pertti Jarla.
Twisted Roots
Act like Janne Savio
event2009 star_border 6
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In this stylish Finnish drama, the secrets and desires of a family can no longer be suppressed. Mikko turns out to have a hereditary illness. Since then he has been worried. How long can he continue to run the family business that he and inherited from his father, just like his illness? And how does he tell his teenage daughter and adult son that they might have the wrong genes? The imaginative eight-year-old Lumi, adopted from China, also cannot get away from her roots.
Vares: Tango of Darkness
Act like Taisto Mononen
event2012 star_border 5.1
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The tango king Harry Koivikko was found dead six years ago in a sleazebag motel, with a knife is his back. The biggest manhunt in the county faded away without results. Jussi Vares gets a phone call from a down-and-out journalist; the informant tells Vares he knows the murderer. Then the journalist disappears without a trace and Vares has to face the biggest challenge of his career. To add insult to the injury, an old acquaintance Veikko Hopea gets his first prison furlough…
A Light That Never Goes Out
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Pauli, a 27-year-old former flutist, moves back in with his parents in a small town after his attempted suicide. He meets his old childhood friend Iiris, who tries to persuade him to play extreme experimental music with her. Previously used to flawless perfection, Pauli begins to find hope and solace in strange sonic experiments and a new kind of friendship.
In Custody
new_releases Release: February 28, 2025
After losing her father, Vilma can't find her place in the life of her foster family. As a result of her struggles, Vilma ends up in a juvenile home, where she refuses to be subdued by the arbitrary and abusive staff who run it.
Nerd: DragonSlayer666
Act like MegaManin isä (8 ep.)
event2017 star_border 6.5
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Nineteen year old high-schooler has one dream: to become a professional esport player. However, there are many obstacles in the way of his dream, like nagging mother, niggling principal, and getting kicked out of the team.
Justimus presents: Duo
Act like Opettaja (6 ep.)
event2019
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Samu and Joona are an inseparable couple, each other's only friends. They don’t leave each other in the lurch, even if they run the risk of getting fired from school or a badge in their buttocks. In fact, the boys are so intertwined that they are willing to do anything to be together. Like breaking into the principal’s office, lapping at millionaires, escaping half-brother Mark from the grenade, or being buried alive.
Nurses
Act like Jarmo (1 ep.)
event2014 star_border 7.9
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Like good soldiers in a war-zone, hospital staff are expected to respect the chain of command when dealing with life and death situations. But what happens when smug doctors, arrogant surgeons, and out-of-touch administrators make that easier said than done? Nurses deals with the professional and personal lives of four female colleagues who cope in different ways with the challenges of life on the trauma ward. With determination, strength, and a dark sense of humor, they achieve the demanding and inspiring task of saving lives in a system that sometimes seems designed to do the opposite.
Stop Nyqvist
Act like Rautakorpi (8 ep.)
event2022 star_border 7.5
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A satirical spy comedy. Aleksis Nyqvist, an intern at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is pushed to the head of Finland's newly founded secret service, when a suitable dummy is needed for the position. However, Nyqvist identifies with his role too well and accidentally causes a security political crisis - and soon Helsinki is swarming with secret agents. How is Nyqvist doing?
Kontio & Parmas
Act like Ossi Taapero (22 ep.)
event2018 star_border 7
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Veteran police lieutenant Kontio will have to work closely with a new partner, a much younger female officer Parmas. Small Town Police Department of Valkeakoski, Finland, will never be the same.
The Happy Hour of the Wolf
Act like Tarmo (8 ep.)
event2019
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After Janne suddenly disappears while taking out the trash, the police tell Heta there’s nothing they can do - a person has every right to go missing if there is no sign of a crime. Troubled, she begins searching for and finds only one clue: it seems Janne had undergone Koistinen’s radical divorce therapy for men.
Helsinki Syndrome
Act like Huoltomyyjä (1 ep.)
event2022 star_border 7
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Family man Elias Karo takes four journalist hostage at their newspaper’s headquarters, in a desperate attempt to get them to reveal the wrongdoing wreaked on his family during the 90's recession.
Sininen enkeli
Act like Rikospoliisi Suvanto (2 ep.)
event2022 star_border 7.2
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Sininen enkeli vividly depicts the colorful upswing of the 1980s in Helsinki, where money grows on trees, convertibles guarantee the thrill of speed and the solarium is the new sun. Marko Hyyryläinen, who hides his country background, arrives in the city and wants his share of money and love.
Arctic Circle
Act like Toikka (4 ep.)
event2018 star_border 6.1
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During a routine search of an old cabin in the remote and wintery back country, Finnish policewoman, Nina Kautsalo, discovers two dead prostitutes, with a third still fighting for her life. The ensuing investigation takes a surprise twist when an extremely rare and deadly virus is discovered in the surviving woman’s bloodwork. When the Finnish Bureau of Investigation takes over the case, German virologist, Thomas Lorenz is called in to assist in identifying and containing the virus. Set within the endless white expanse of the arctic circle, Nina and Thomas must rely on each other to have any hope of saving the ones they love. But what takes precedence? A deadly virus or an active serial killer?
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