7 Movies Starring Maria Heiskanen

Il capitano

Il capitano

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-11-15

Languages:

Finnish, Swedish

Countries:

Sweden, Finland, Germany

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (477 Reviews)

Director:

Jan Troell

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Per Olov Enquist

Gèran Setterberg

Jan Troell

Fullplot:

The film is based on a true occurrence in Sweden in 1988. A Finish couple murdered a young boy and his parents when they prevented the theft of the son's bicycle. The film tries to describe the relationship between the dominant Jari, who calls himself "Il Capitano", and his more mature "soldier" Minna, that develops into mutual dependence.

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?

A Man's Job

A Man's Job

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-02-23

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

97 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (1615 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Everlasting Moments

Everlasting Moments

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-09-24

Languages:

Swedish, Finnish

Countries:

Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Germany

Runtime:

131 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (4032 Reviews)

Director:

Jan Troell

Cast:

Writer:

Niklas Rèdstrèm (screenplay)

Jan Troell (story)

Agneta Ulfsèter-Troell (story)

Maja èman (memoirs)

Fullplot:

Sweden, early 1900s - an era of social change and unrest, war and poverty. A young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The camera grants her the eyes to view the world, and empowers her over several decades to raise and nurture her family of six children and an alcoholic, womanizing and sometimes violent, although ultimately loving, husband.

Hella W

Hella W

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-01-28

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland, Estonia

Runtime:

82 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.3 (246 Reviews)

Director:

Juha Wuolijoki

Cast:

Writer:

Outi Nyytèjè (original screenplay)

Juha Wuolijoki (adaptation)

Fullplot:

Boy Upside Down

Boy Upside Down

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-08-29

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

94 min

IMDB Ratings:

(69 Reviews)

Director:

Juha Lehtola

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

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