Released Date:
1992-10-30
Languages:
Finnish
Countries:
Finland
Runtime:
97 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (226 Reviews)
Director:
Veikko AaltonenGenres:
ThrillerEsa 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.
Released Date:
2003-05-01
Languages:
Finnish
Countries:
Finland
Runtime:
78 min
Rated:
UNRATED
IMDB Ratings:
(1651 Reviews)
Director:
Aki KaurismèkiJuhani Aho (novel)
Aki Kaurismèki (scenario)
A farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her in a brothel.
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:
DramaVèctor Erice (segment)
Werner Herzog (segment)
Jim Jarmusch (segment)
Aki Kaurismèki (segment)
Wim Wenders (segment)
Tan Zhang (segment)
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 KaurismèkiThe 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.
Released Date:
2004-07-23
Languages:
Finnish
Countries:
Finland
Runtime:
95 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.5 (3061 Reviews)
Director:
Aleksi MèkelèPekka Lehtosaari
Reijo Mèki (novel)
On the trail of a woman, Vares finds himself caught up with underworld characters who are on the trail of hidden millions.
Released Date:
2006-10-13
Languages:
Finnish, Mandarin
Countries:
Finland, Netherlands, China, Estonia
Runtime:
110 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
(3489 Reviews)
Director:
Antti-Jussi AnnilaAntti-Jussi Annila (original idea)
Antti-Jussi Annila (screenplay)
Marko Jatkola (original idea)
Petri Jokiranta (screenplay)
Iiro Kèttner (story)
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.
Released Date:
2014-09-12
Languages:
Finnish, French
Countries:
Finland
Runtime:
73 min
IMDB Ratings:
5.8 (75 Reviews)
Director:
Pekka LehtoIiro Kèttner
Pekka Lehto
Mika Purola
Terttu Rousu (dialogue)
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