7 Movies Starring Markku Peltola

Tuhlaajapoika

Tuhlaajapoika

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1992-10-30

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

97 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (226 Reviews)

Director:

Veikko Aaltonen

Genres:

Thriller

Fullplot:

Esa is a small time crook who has been precisely released from prison. He starts to make money by mugging people. One day psychiatrist Lindstrèm rings Esa's doorbell. He has a very strange request: he wants Esa to maltreat him. Esa accepts this request, but he is not aware of Lindstrèm's bad intentions.

Juha

Juha

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-05-01

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

78 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

(1651 Reviews)

Director:

Aki Kaurismèki

Cast:

Writer:

Juhani Aho (novel)

Aki Kaurismèki (scenario)

Fullplot:

A farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her in a brothel.

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-12-19

Languages:

English, German, Mandarin, Spanish, Finnish

Countries:

Spain, UK, Germany, Finland, China, USA

Runtime:

92 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (2559 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Vèctor Erice (segment)

Werner Herzog (segment)

Jim Jarmusch (segment)

Aki Kaurismèki (segment)

Wim Wenders (segment)

Tan Zhang (segment)

Fullplot:

The Man Without a Past

The Man Without a Past

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-11-06

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland, Germany, France

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (16741 Reviews)

Director:

Aki Kaurismèki

Fullplot:

The second part of Aki Kaurismèki's "Finland" trilogy, the film follows a man who arrives in Helsinki and gets beaten up so severely he develops amnesia. Unable to remember his name or anything from his past life, he cannot get a job or an apartment, so he starts living on the outskirts of the city and slowly starts putting his life back on track.

Vares: Private Eye

Vares: Private Eye

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-07-23

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (3061 Reviews)

Director:

Aleksi Mèkelè

Cast:

Writer:

Pekka Lehtosaari

Reijo Mèki (novel)

Fullplot:

On the trail of a woman, Vares finds himself caught up with underworld characters who are on the trail of hidden millions.

Jade Warrior

Jade Warrior

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-10-13

Languages:

Finnish, Mandarin

Countries:

Finland, Netherlands, China, Estonia

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(3489 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Antti-Jussi Annila (original idea)

Antti-Jussi Annila (screenplay)

Marko Jatkola (original idea)

Petri Jokiranta (screenplay)

Iiro Kèttner (story)

Fullplot:

Thousands of years ago in ancient China, a love struck sword hero fights against his destiny. He wants another chance to be reunited with his loved one and he gets that chance, in a far away place and a far away time, in the cold north, in modern Finland. Jade Warrior is set in ancient China early iron age and present day Finland. The past is feeding the story in present day, slowly revealing our warrior his real origin, his superior skills and his destiny. Jade Warrior - the first Finnish Kung Fu film - combines Finnish and Chinese mythologies into one film. Jade Warrior is an homage to Kung Fu genre strongly spiced with a truly original approach to Finnish national epic Kalevala. Like Kalevala Jade Warrior is a pure melodrama. A story of Kalevala's greatest hero.

Kalervo Palsa ja kuriton kèsi

Kalervo Palsa ja kuriton kèsi

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-09-12

Languages:

Finnish, French

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

73 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (75 Reviews)

Director:

Pekka Lehto

Cast:

Writer:

Iiro Kèttner

Pekka Lehto

Mika Purola

Terttu Rousu (dialogue)

Fullplot:

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