6 Movies Starring Ville Virtanen

Dog Nail Clipper

Dog Nail Clipper

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-02-13

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

105 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (1176 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Veikko Huovinen (novel)

Markku Pèlènen (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Bright young soldier Mertsi suffers a permanent brain injury in the Second World War. In the late 1940s he wanders around the Finnish countryside looking for simple work and relying on other people's help. A workmate, Ville, tells him about his clever Spitz dog back home and the problems with her overlong dew claws. Together with his helpful war buddy Eetvi, Mertsi joins a lumber camp in the middle of a freezing winter, tries hard but finds the work there too strenuous for his body and mind. While he still sees nightmares about the war, in the daytime he keeps dreaming and worrying about the dog...

Black Ice

Black Ice

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-10-19

Languages:

Finnish, English

Countries:

Finland, Germany

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (2195 Reviews)

Director:

Petri Kotwica

Fullplot:

Saara is a middle-aged doctor who one day finds out that her architect-husband Leo is having an affair with a younger woman, Tuuli. Instead of revealing her true identity, Saara pretends to be someone else and makes friends with Tuuli. At the same time she is planning the best way to revenge her husband and his lover.

Sauna

Sauna

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-10-24

Languages:

Finnish, Russian

Countries:

Finland, Czech Republic

Runtime:

83 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (5209 Reviews)

Genres:

Horror

Fullplot:

As a 25-year war between Russia and Sweden concludes, two brothers who are part of an effort to outline new border accords become undone by their actions, and their mistreatment of a young woman during their journey.

Bad Family

Bad Family

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-01-29

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (635 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

After a divorce a father raises his son on his own, while his ex-wife has custody over his daughter. When the mother dies, the brother end sister finally meet again.

Beyond

Beyond

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-12-10

Languages:

Swedish, Finnish

Countries:

Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway

Runtime:

99 min

IMDB Ratings:

(2848 Reviews)

Director:

Pernilla August

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Susanna Alakoski (novel)

Pernilla August (screenplay)

Lolita Ray (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A drama set in 1970s Sweden and centered on a young woman's experiences growing up in a home riddled with abuse and alcoholism.

No Thank You

No Thank You

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-01-10

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

97 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (180 Reviews)

Director:

Samuli Valkama

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Anna-Leena Hèrkènen (novel)

Heikki Paavilainen

Samuli Valkama

Fullplot:

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