3 Movies Starring Janne Hyytièinen

Klassikko

Klassikko

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-02-23

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

80 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (759 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Kari Hotakainen (novel)

Kari Vèènènen

Fullplot:

Based on Kari Hotakainen's 1997 novel, the film's main character is a not very successful writer, Hotakainen, who is ordered by his publisher to write a dramatic novel about his own secret life. In search for "manic" inspiration, he becomes entangled in the world of cars, particularly a certain yellow Toyota and a used Alfa Romeo. As Hotakainen breaks ties with his former life and reality, he finds himself in opposition with Pera, the young white trash owner of the Toyota.

Lights in the Dusk

Lights in the Dusk

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-02-03

Languages:

Finnish, Russian

Countries:

Finland, Germany, France

Runtime:

78 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (4706 Reviews)

Director:

Aki Kaurismèki

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Fullplot:

Koistenin is a sad sack, a man without affect or friends. He's a night-watchman in Helsinki with ideas of starting his own business, but nothing to go with those intentions. He sometimes talks a bit with a woman who runs a snack trailer near his work. Out of the blue, a young sophisticated blonde woman attaches herself to Koistenin. He thinks of her as his girlfriend, he takes her on her rounds. She's in league with a crook who's planning a jewel robbery, and Koistenin is their patsy. Will he ever wise up?

Lights in the Dusk

Lights in the Dusk

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-02-03

Languages:

Finnish, Russian

Countries:

Finland, Germany, France

Runtime:

78 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (4723 Reviews)

Director:

Aki Kaurismèki

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Fullplot:

Koistenin is a sad sack, a man without affect or friends. He's a night-watchman in Helsinki with ideas of starting his own business, but nothing to go with those intentions. He sometimes talks a bit with a woman who runs a snack trailer near his work. Out of the blue, a young sophisticated blonde woman attaches herself to Koistenin. He thinks of her as his girlfriend, he takes her on her rounds. She's in league with a crook who's planning a jewel robbery, and Koistenin is their patsy. Will he ever wise up?

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