Poromafia is a crime saga tinged with black humor, centered on the internal power struggle of a family ruling the northern wilderness. The northern matriarch leaves behind an inheritance, which divides the family's lands among the family. However, the wills tear the family apart as buried secrets come to light.
Rendel is a masked vigilante who seeks revenge against the criminals responsible for the death of his wife and daughter. Armed with hand-to-hand combat skills and a split personality, he takes on war criminals, mercenaries, and henchmen. With the help of a journalist, Rendel uncovers a conspiracy involving a vaccine and a crooked businessman. As he delves deeper into the corruption, he faces trauma, torture, and psychological challenges. Rendel must overcome his personal demons and use his vigilante justice to bring down the criminals and restore justice.
TV play about the legend of Lalli.
In this satirical comedy, a businessman's life takes a dark turn when he falls in love, gets involved in a poison plot, and becomes entangled in a theater performance of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Ski Girls tells about four friends who have visited different ski resorts every year since their youth. They call themselves Ski Girls, even though they never ski and can no longer be called girls either. This time they are reunited for Emma's wedding. Emma's fifth wedding, that is. Their friendship will be tested as the other Ski Girls decide to stop Emma from making another mistake by getting married.
In 'Vares: The Path of the Righteous Men,' a private detective named Vares is hired to investigate a murder in a small religious community in rural Finland. As Vares delves deeper into the case, he uncovers a web of secrets and hidden agendas. With the help of his trusted allies, Vares must navigate through the complexities of a close-knit community and religious fundamentalism to expose the truth. Along the way, he faces violence, deceit, and the dark side of human nature. Will he be able to solve the mystery and bring the killer to justice?
Two brothers from Häme discover that they are actually from Karelia. During the celebration of the newfound fact, one of the brothers is bitten by a bug. After seeking medical help from a doctor - who tries to tell the brothers that he is not a doctor of medicine - the doctor decides to trick the boys by convincing them that the insect in question is called Insectum propellatum, also known as the aviation bug, and unless the affected brother learns how to fly, the bite might turn fatal. During their shenanigans, they become acquainted with a robot that runs on booze, two scoundrels, and the beautiful Miss Universe!
Aspiring young comedian Hepi rides a moped and sleeps in cars left at a garage for repair. He joins a group of older but equally bad comedians trying to capture and sell their art on videotape. Hepi charms a girl working in the Zoological Museum with his imitations of bird sounds. Alienated look at the frustrations of show business, as presented by a cast of popular Finnish TV comedians with their absurd dialogue and eccentric inside jokes.
A 1970s hijacking of a plane leads to chaos and hilarity as the hijackers struggle with mental instability and the passengers and crew try to survive the ordeal.
A tabloid journalist who has been fired from his job embarks on an adventure to save his small village from a planned robbery. Along the way, he forms a rock band, gets involved in a film production, and navigates various humorous situations. With elements of parody and spoof, the movie offers a hilarious and unique take on friendship, sexual attraction, and rock festivals in a rural setting.
Backwood Philosopher tells the story of a fatherless son in a small Finnish village who spends his days drinking and philosophizing. His knowledge and originality make him both lonely and misunderstood, but a mysterious past and rumors about his reputation add intrigue to his life. As he navigates the wilderness and explores the post-war era, he is driven by his dreams and his desire to find meaning in a narrow-minded society.
A middle-aged woman wants a child and starts to look for a suitable father when she doesn't succeed in the plan with her husband.
Rumble is a hilarious adventure comedy that follows a group of friends on a journey to recover a stolen Cadillac. Along the way, they encounter police, enjoy pizza, and experience the ups and downs of friendship. Fueled by rock-n-roll and plenty of alcohol, this road-movie will keep you entertained from start to finish.
Like it or not, almost anyone who has met a really serious poet finds that they have something about them which sets them apart from other people. It's not just a romantic legend. In wry but basically directionless Finnish movie, Paavo Pentikainen plays one of these ungainly beings, a man whose last published work is decades in the past, who probably hasn't written anything in years, but who still has an uncanny knack for precise observation, "pinning the tail on the donkey" almost every time. In the movie, the poet, accompanied by his young assistant, takes a minor celebrity's swaggering tour of small cultural centers and retirement homes.
A political drama set in the fictional country of Illyria between 1943 and 1945, the story is about the assassination of a leading politician. The country, an ally of Nazi Germany, is on the verge of being annexed to the Eastern Bloc. Kaurismäki's TV adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre's play Les Mains Sales (Dirty Hands) tells the story of Hugo (Matti Pellonpää) who has just been released from prison. Before going to prison, he has worked as a journalist at his party's newspaper. This timid journalist, who uses the pseudonym Raskolnikov, wants to advance in his career and gets his chance when Hoederer (Sulevi Peltola), the leader of the party, has to be eliminated.