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Poet and Muse (1978) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Runoilija ja muusa
other title: Runoilija ja muusa
Semi-fictitious biopic of Finnish poet Eino Leino, made with a large budget to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth. The film concentrates on his relationships with first wife Freya Schoultz and later muse, poetess L. Onerva. His friends include equally central figures of the Finnish cultural scene in the early 1900s, such as painters Halonen and Gallén-Kallela, and composer Sibelius.
The Prodigal Son (1992) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Tuhlaajapoika
other title: Tuhlaajapoika / Le Fils prodigue
Esa is a small time crook who has been precisely released from prison. He starts to make money by mugging people. One day psychiatrist Lindström 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 Lindström's bad intentions.
Vesku from Finland (2010) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Vesku
other title: Vesku
"Vesku from Finland" is a film about Vesa-Matti Loiri alias Vesku, probably the most popular film and TV comedian in Finland. He has created a significant career also as a singer, performer, writer and as a sportsman. He has recorded several albums, from folk songs and couplets to tangos. Some of his recordings are based on the lyrics of Hermann Hesse or Eino Leino, the infamous Finnish poet. During his unique career he has played in more than 60 films and recorded 30 albums.
Preludes to Ecstasy (1961) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kuu on vaarallinen
director: T.J. Särkkä actor: Liana Kaarina / Esko Salminen
other title: Kuu on vaarallinen / Versuchung am See
Sten Lehtoja, a married, middle-aged businessman, picks up a young hitchhiker, Elsie, while driving to his summer home. Elsie spends the night and becomes his mistress. Later during the summer, Elsie also begins an affair with Reino, the teenage son of a local storekeeper. Sten offers to divorce his wife, and Elsie, attracted by the prospect of a secure social position, agrees to marry him when the divorce becomes final. One night when the couple are in bed, Reino climbs a ladder and attempts to force his way into their room; he falls and breaks his neck, and to avoid scandal Sten hides the body. But the strain of guilt ruins the romance, and Elsie contacts the police, who arrest her lover.
一脚踏两船 (1960) [Movie] IMDb Douban
Kaks' tavallista Lahtista
director: Ville Salminen actor: Leif Wager / Tommi Rinne
other title: Kaks' tavallista Lahtista
Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity (1998) [Movie] IMDb
Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity
director: Arto Halonen actor: Tenzin Gyatso / Shamar Rinpoche
The main characters of the film are two small boys who share the throne of Karmapa, the highest office of one of Tibetan Buddhism's main sects and the third in line after the Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama. As with the Dalai Lama, Karmapa is the same soul which reincarnates in each successor to the office, who is identified by omens, portents and other signs. The Karmapa line actually pre-dates the Dalai Lama's, and their respective importance has alternated in the course of history with either the Karmapa or Dalai Lama holding precedence. Only one of the current Karmapas lives in Tibet, who is recognized by the Dalai Lama but controlled by the Chinese government for political ends. The second Karmapa lives in New Delhi, India and was selected by a Tibetan group in exile. The film was shot in India, Nepal and Tibet and features the Dalai Lama as narrator, providing an incisive spiritual and political view of occupied Tibet.
Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity (1998) [Movie] WikiData
Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity
director: Arto Halonen actor: Tenzin Gyatso / Shamar Rinpoche
other title: Karmapa – zwei Wege ein lebender Buddha zu sein
The main characters of the film are two small boys who share the throne of Karmapa, the highest office of one of Tibetan Buddhism's main sects and the third in line after the Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama. As with the Dalai Lama, Karmapa is the same soul which reincarnates in each successor to the office, who is identified by omens, portents and other signs. The Karmapa line actually pre-dates the Dalai Lama's, and their respective importance has alternated in the course of history with either the Karmapa or Dalai Lama holding precedence. Only one of the current Karmapas lives in Tibet, who is recognized by the Dalai Lama but controlled by the Chinese government for political ends. The second Karmapa lives in New Delhi, India and was selected by a Tibetan group in exile. The film was shot in India, Nepal and Tibet and features the Dalai Lama as narrator, providing an incisive spiritual and political view of occupied Tibet.
Flame Top (1980) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Tulipää
director: Pirjo Honkasalo / Pekka Lehto actor: Asko Sarkola / Rea Mauranen
other title: Cœur de feu / Tulipää
This biographical film celebrates the little-known life of the Finnish novelist and revolutionary Maiju Lassila (Asko Sarkola), born in 1868. Lassila's early years are briefly shown, then the film richly details his active and paradoxically reclusive adult life, beginning with his sojourn in St. Petersburg, working as a businessman. Unable to stay away from politics, he caused the assassination of a high-ranking Czarist and as a result, had to run back to Finland to hide. Once established in the comparative safety of a small village, he taught school in order to support his real vocation as a writer. Always living on the edge of poverty, if not square in the middle of it, Lassila continues to avoid public contact - he keeps his identity low-key and camoflages it by publishing under a variety of pseudonyms.
Gas, Inspector Palmu! (1961) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Kaasua, komisario Palmu!
director: Matti Kassila actor: Joel Rinne / Matti Ranin
other title: Kaasua, komisario Palmu!
A rich widow is found dead in her apartment in Helsinki due to gas poisoning. The incident is initially thought to be an accident, but inspector Palmu notices that the murderer made a mistake, and so Palmu, Kokki and Virta begin the investigation: who had come to the apartment through the balcony door and opened the gas tap while Mrs. Skrof was asleep?
Once Upon a Time in the North (2012) [Movie] Eggplant.place
Härmä
director: JP Siili actor: Lauri Tilkanen / Mikko Leppilampi
other title: Härmä
19th century drama set on the plains of Ostrobothnia, western Finland, which are controlled by groups of knife-wielding thugs, the toughs. Traditionally, the first-born son inherits everything, so when Esko – a bum and a gang leader – learns that his father will leave the Välitalo estate to his younger and exemplary brother, all hell breaks loose.