9 Movies Starring Kari Vèènènen

Rosso

Rosso

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-10-11

Languages:

Italian, Finnish, Swedish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

76 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (475 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaCrime

Cast:

Writer:

Dante Alighieri (monologue)

Aki Kaurismèki (monologue)

Mika Kaurismèki

Kari Vèènènen

Fullplot:

Giancarlo Rosso, a Sicilian hit man, gets a job to kill someone in Finland. His new target is Maria. Rosso arrives in Helsinki, buys weapons, and comes in hers apartment. After seeing that apartment is deserted, he runs into her brother Martti and, although not speaking each other's language, together they go to find her...

Helsinki-Naples All Night Long

Helsinki-Naples All Night Long

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-11-13

Languages:

English, German

Countries:

Finland, Switzerland, West Germany

Runtime:

105 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (416 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Alex is Finlander married to an Italian who works as a taxi driver in Berlin. One night in his taxi come two men with a briefcase full of money. Unluckily for Alex, they are being chased by gangsters whose money was stolen. During the shooting, they get killed, and he must get rid of their bodies.

Dolly and Her Lover

Dolly and Her Lover

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-02-02

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

101 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (109 Reviews)

Director:

Matti Ijès

Cast:

Writer:

Matti Ijès

Arto Melleri (screenplay)

Arto Melleri (story)

Fullplot:

Amazon

Amazon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-12-14

Languages:

English, Portuguese, Finnish

Countries:

USA, Finland, Brazil, France

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (334 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Reitinger

Mika Kaurismèki

John Reaves (additional writing)

Fullplot:

Widowed and broke Finnish businessman Kari takes his two teenage daughters with him to Brazil. A bush pilot introduces him to the idea of gold mining in the jungle, but a beautiful and educated local woman warns him about the possible consequences to the rain forest. Kari has mixed feelings about the project, until an accident puts him in the care of a local Indian tribe.

La Vie de Bohème

La Vie de Bohème

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-07-29

Languages:

French

Countries:

France, Germany, Sweden, Finland

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (2906 Reviews)

Director:

Aki Kaurismèki

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Henri Murger (based on the novel by: "Scènes de la vie de bohème")

Aki Kaurismèki

Fullplot:

Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel, a playwright and magazine editor with no publisher, and Schaunard, a post-modernist composer of execrable noise. Rodolfo falls in love with Mimi, a barmaid. The day he asks her to move in with him, he is deported. Six months later, he sneaks back to Paris, and Mimi leaves her new boyfriend to be with him. Conflicts arise, especially around their poverty, and soon Mimi and Rodolfo separate, as do Marcel and his Musette. The three men scrape together a meal to celebrate All Saints' Day, and Mimi arrives, ill. Can her friends bring her back to health? Can love rekindle?

Drifting Clouds

Drifting Clouds

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-07-10

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

96 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (4565 Reviews)

Director:

Aki Kaurismèki

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

Tram driver Lauri loses his job. Shortly later, the restaurant where his wife Ilona works as a head waitress is closed. Too proud to receive money from the social welfare system, they strive to find new jobs. But they are completely unlucky and clumsy, one disaster is followed by the next.

Trench Road

Trench Road

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-08-27

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

111 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (677 Reviews)

Director:

Veikko Aaltonen

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Veikko Aaltonen (screenplay)

Kari Hotakainen (novel)

Fullplot:

Christmas Story

Christmas Story

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-11-16

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

83 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (2052 Reviews)

Director:

Juha Wuolijoki

Cast:

Writer:

Marko Leino (screenplay)

Marko Leino (story)

Aku Louhimies (story)

Juha Wuolijoki (story)

Fullplot:

Hundreds of years ago in Lapland, a little boy named Nikolas loses his family in an accident. The villagers decide to look after the orphaned boy together. Once a year - at Christmas - Nikolas moves to a new home. To show his gratitude, Nikolas decides to make toys for the children of the families as good-bye presents. Over the years, Nikolas's former adoptive families become many, and soon almost every house has presents on its doorstep on Christmas morning. At thirteen, Nikolas is sent to live and work with Iisakki, a grumpy old carpenter, who forbids Nikolas to continue making presents for Christmas. Gradually, however, Nikolas wins Iisakki's trust. Together they begin to look after the Christmas traditional that Nikolas has begun. When the aged Iisakki has to leave Nikolas and move away, the tradition of Christmas presents is once again at risk. Thankfully, Nikolas comes up with a solution that brings children joy every Christmas, even continuing to today.

Bohemian Eyes

Bohemian Eyes

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-06-10

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

75 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (60 Reviews)

Director:

Janne Kuusi

Fullplot:

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