6 Movies Directed by Dome Karukoski

Beauty and the Bastard

Beauty and the Bastard

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-10-21

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

102 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (2529 Reviews)

Director:

Dome Karukoski

Fullplot:

A woman dulled with praise, Nelli is well on her way to Med-School thanks to her parents, but dreams of a career as a singer.

The Home of Dark Butterflies

The Home of Dark Butterflies

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-01-11

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

108 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (1846 Reviews)

Director:

Dome Karukoski

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Dome Karukoski (collaborating writer)

Leena Lander (novel)

Marko Leino (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Juhani, 14 years old and tormented by a childhood trauma, has changed several foster parents from the age of eight. He is taken to an island, where there is a boys' home, run by a strict superintendent, Olavi Harjula. Besides the seven boys that dwell there, there is the superintendent, his wife, his two daughters and a woman for menial help. Juhani is gradually accepted by his peers and strikes a friendship with the eldest daughter. When Harjula is advised that funding will stop for his school due to his harsh methods, he decides to start a silkworm project for self-funding. All the boys agree to stay and help him, apart from Juhani, who expects to go back to his family that wants him back.

Forbidden Fruit

Forbidden Fruit

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-02-13

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland, Sweden

Runtime:

104 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (1606 Reviews)

Director:

Dome Karukoski

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Two teen girls from a very restrictive Conservative Laestadian faith community, go alone to Helsinki for the first time.

Lapland Odyssey

Lapland Odyssey

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-10-15

Languages:

Finnish, English, Swedish, Russian

Countries:

Finland, Iceland, Sweden

Runtime:

92 min

IMDB Ratings:

(3928 Reviews)

Director:

Dome Karukoski

Fullplot:

A comedy about Janne, a man from Lapland in Northern Finland, a man who has made a career out of living on welfare. Inari, his girlfriend, is tired of Janne's incapability of getting a grip on life. Janne wasn't even able to buy a digital TV box that Inari had given money for. Inari gives an ultimatum: a digital box needs to arrive by dawn or she leaves. Janne sets out into the night with his two friends to find a box. On their way to the city of Rovaniemi, Janne and his friends face many challenges, obstacles and temptations. They learn that they need to be daring. There's no room to give into bitterness. The most important thing isn't success, but rather the journey in itself.

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.

The Grump

The Grump

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-09-05

Languages:

Finnish

Countries:

Finland

Runtime:

104 min

IMDB Ratings:

(860 Reviews)

Director:

Dome Karukoski

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Dome Karukoski

Tuomas Kyrè (novel)

Tuomas Kyrè (screenplay)

Pekko Pesonen (shooting script)

Fullplot:

The Grump is a man from the past. A man who knows that everything used to be so much better in the old days. Pretty much everything that's been done after 1953 has always managed to ruin The Grump's day. Our story unfolds as The Grump takes a fall from his basement steps, hurting his ankle. He has to spend a weekend in Helsinki to attend physiotherapy. The Grump doesn't like this for four reasons: 1) He has to take a taxi. 2) He can't take daily care of his wife, an Alzheimer's patient. 3) He can't drive, which means he might have to sit in a car with a female driver. 4) He has to spend time with his family. The daughter-in-law is a career woman, not keen to spend time with The Grump when he comes to the city. Her boss has given her the task to look after Russian businessmen supposed to close a major deal over the weekend. It doesn't make her any happier when The Grump decides to help with the deal. Then The Grump has to face his useless son to become the father he never was, teaching his son how to take care of his loved ones. A thing The Grump has never been able to do. And somebody's day will be ruined.

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