7 Movies Starring Laura Birn

Pearls and Pigs

Pearls and Pigs

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-08-29

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

113 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (2317 Reviews)

Director:

Perttu Leppè

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

When their bootlegging father ends up in jail, four twenty-something brothers need money to pay his debts to local crooks. Next, their 9-year-old half-sister is dumped on their doorstep by her prostitute mother. A karaoke set helps reveal that the little girl is quite a singer, just as a talent contest for children is coming up on national television offering more than enough money to the winner. If only the kid weren't so hopelessly shy...

Promise

Promise

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-12-02

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

112 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (540 Reviews)

Director:

Ilkka Vanne

Genres:

DramaWar

Cast:

Writer:

Elina Halttunen (screenplay)

Inkeri Kilpinen (story)

Fullplot:

The film tells about members of Finnish women's Lotta Service during the Second World War through the eyes of three young women.

Promise

Promise

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-12-02

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

112 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (540 Reviews)

Director:

Ilkka Vanne

Genres:

DramaWar

Cast:

Writer:

Elina Halttunen (screenplay)

Inkeri Kilpinen (story)

Fullplot:

The film tells about members of Finnish women's Lotta Service during the Second World War through the eyes of three young women.

Purge

Purge

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-09-07

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland, Estonia

Runtime:

125 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (2454 Reviews)

Director:

Antti Jokinen

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Marko Leino (screenplay)

Antti Jokinen (screenplay)

Sofi Oksanen (novel)

Fullplot:

A tormented young woman is given a hiding place by an elderly lady and soon they are reminded of their mutual horrendous past.

Must Have Been Love

Must Have Been Love

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-10-19

Languages:

Finnish, Norwegian, English

Countries:

Norway, Finland

Runtime:

85 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (437 Reviews)

Director:

Eirik Svensson

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Eirik Svensson

Jyrki Vèisènen

Fullplot:

On holiday in Istanbul, the Finnish girl Kajsa meets charming Norwegian Jakob on his last night of the holiday. She falls head over heels in love and they have a wonderful one night stand. The morning after Jakob leaves back home to Oslo, and Kajsa don't know more than his first name. Kajsa can't forget their meeting, and some time later she accidentally meets Jakob again in Oslo in a shop. But he can't remember anything from their previous meeting.

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.

Armi elèè!

Armi elèè!

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-03-20

Languages:

Finnish, English

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

84 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (48 Reviews)

Director:

Jèrn Donner

Fullplot:

Armi Alive! is a portrayal of a theatre company that is preparing a play about Armi Ratia, the founder of the iconic Finnish design company Marimekko. Maria, who plays Armi's role, is in the lead when the group keeps asking who this strange woman really is. The play focuses in Armi's life between the years 1949 and 1968, when she founds the fashion company Marimekko, leads it to an international success, and is finally forced to ponder her relationship with the company: does Marimekko need Armi, or does Armi need Marimekko? During the rehearsal process, the actress Maria struggles with Armi's contradictions and tries to find the truth and the person behind the legend.

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