5 Movies Starring Jasper Pèèkkènen

Bad Boys

Bad Boys

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-01-17

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

126 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (3637 Reviews)

Director:

Aleksi Mèkelè

Cast:

Writer:

Pekka Lehtosaari

Anssi Miettinen (story)

Fullplot:

The story bases on four Finnish brothers, nicknamed 'the Eura Daltons' who received nation-wide notoriety for tearing gas pumps apart when they needed cash. The cast is an impressive one: the brothers are portrayed by Peter Franzen, Lauri Nurkse, Niko Saarela and Jasper Pèèkkènen while their really evil father is played by Vesa-Matti Loiri, one of the grand old men of Finnish cinema.

Frozen Land

Frozen Land

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-01-14

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

130 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (4777 Reviews)

Director:

Aku Louhimies

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Paavo Westerberg (screenplay)

Jari Rantala (screenplay)

Aku Louhimies (screenplay)

Fullplot:

When a schoolteacher is sacked he projects his bad mood at his troubled teen son. He in turn buys a CD player from a pawnshop with counterfeit money. This causes a chain-reaction that wreaks havoc on many lives, as everyone transfers their problems to the next victim.

Matti: Hell Is for Heroes

Matti: Hell Is for Heroes

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-01-13

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

135 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (3012 Reviews)

Director:

Aleksi Mèkelè

Fullplot:

A ski jumper descends from winning 4 Olympic Gold Medals, to serving two years for stabbing a relative. Careers as a stripper and singer, plus five marriages, replete with allegations of domestic violence are fictionalized sympathetically in this dramedy. Alleged exploitation/manipulation of Matti, due to his naivety and gullibility, along with deterioration of his skiing ability due to heavy drinking and bad decisions is emphasized. Many Matti malapropisms a la Yogi Berra, attributed to the Finnish skiing legend, are employed as biopic comic dialogue.

Lapland Odyssey

Lapland Odyssey

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-10-15

Languages:

Finnish, English, Swedish, Russian

Countries:

Finland, Iceland, Sweden

Runtime:

92 min

IMDB Ratings:

(3928 Reviews)

Director:

Dome Karukoski

Fullplot:

A comedy about Janne, a man from Lapland in Northern Finland, a man who has made a career out of living on welfare. Inari, his girlfriend, is tired of Janne's incapability of getting a grip on life. Janne wasn't even able to buy a digital TV box that Inari had given money for. Inari gives an ultimatum: a digital box needs to arrive by dawn or she leaves. Janne sets out into the night with his two friends to find a box. On their way to the city of Rovaniemi, Janne and his friends face many challenges, obstacles and temptations. They learn that they need to be daring. There's no room to give into bitterness. The most important thing isn't success, but rather the journey in itself.

Heart of a Lion

Heart of a Lion

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-10-18

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland, Sweden

Runtime:

104 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (1844 Reviews)

Director:

Dome Karukoski

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

Neo-Nazi falls in love with a woman who has a black son and finds himself fighting with conflicting feelings.

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