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1) Heavy trip
Language
Finnish
Description
In this offbeat comedy from Finland, Turo is stuck in a small village where the best thing is his life is being the lead vocalist for the amateur metal band Impaled Rektum. The only problem? He and his bandmates have practiced for twelve years without playing a single gig. The guys get a surprise visitor from Norway, the promoter for a huge heavy metal music festival, and decide it's now or never. They steal a van, a corpse, and even a new drummer...
3) Girl picture
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Finnish
Description
Best friends Mimmi and Ronkko have each other's backs, always. They want to live adventurous lives, loaded with experiences and passion. Emma, on the contrary, has given her whole life to figure skating. Nothing gets between her and success. But when the girls meet, life opens new paths, and they all rocket in new directions. While Mimmi and Emma experience the earth moving effects of first love, Ronkko is on a quest to find pleasure.
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Language
Finnish
Description
"There's a blue crow who doesn't know anyone like him. At times he feels terribly lonely. The blue crow feels even sadder when some new neighbors, black crows, mock him. On the advice of a wise owl, the bird embarks on a journey across the sea. There are plenty of things to see. Will there be other blue birds . . . perhaps even another blue crow?"--Publisher's website.
Language
Finnish
Description
In the uproarious second season of this relatable comedy from Finland, 30-something couple, Aino and Micke consider starting a family, which is easier said than done! Especially when they share their apartment with Aino's unemployed brother. Will their parents give them the space they need? Is the time right to have a baby, especially now that their careers are at a critical turning point?
Language
Finnish
Description
Follow the life and times of an urban, bilingual, environmentally conscious left-wing couple in their thirties: Aino, who's originally from Finnish Lapland, and Swedish-speaking Micke. They are forced to move to an upper-class neighborhood, into an apartment owned by Micke's wealthy parents, who also live next door. In addition to Micke's parents, his childhood friend lives in the same building. When Aino's yokel brother moves into their guest room,...
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Language
Finnish
Description
Former KGB agent Victor Karppa is haunted by his past: he saw and did things on the job that he'd like to forget. In an attempt to create order in his life he settles in Finland, putting down roots in the country of his ancestors. He tries to make a living two ways, as a private investigator and as a business facilitator for Russian immigrants, but that doesn't sit well with his girlfriend, Marja. She's an independent-minded academic who prefers...
Language
Finnish
Description
Leila, who's serving a life sentence for murder, is pardoned and offered a job in a secluded parsonage reading and composing letters for Father Jacob, a blind priest. She reluctantly accepts the job and resents the man at first, but gradually grows to admire him for his positive outlook and his continued help to those seeking prayers and counsel. Two completely different lives are unexpectedly intertwined in this heartwarming tales of personal redemption....
Series
Criterion collection volume 922
Language
Finnish
Description
"This wry, melancholic comedy from Aki Kaurismäki, a response to the ongoing global refugee crisis, follows two people searching for a place to call home. Khaled (Sherwan Haji), a displaced Syrian, lands in Helsinki as a stowaway; meanwhile, middle-aged Finnish salesman Wikström (Sakari Kuosmanen) leaves his wife and his job and buys a conspicuously unprofitable restaurant. Khaled is denied asylum but decides not to return to Aleppo-- and the paths...
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Finnish
Description
A dark avenger is born when a worldwide corporation known as VALA launches an untested vaccine called Nh25 into the market by bribing, threatening, and killing every official opposing them. Rendel unleashes his own special kind of hell against VALA, threatening to put an end the distribution of Nh25. As blood spills and the money burns, VALA recruits a group of mercenaries to do what they seemingly can't, eliminate Rendel permanently.
Language
Finnish
Description
When a school-teacher is fired from his job, he manifests his frustrations with himself, his aborted professional and poor financial conditions, but neglecting and harshly treating his teenage son. His son, in turn, expresses his frustrations by acting out. The film chronicles the destructive cycle of these interactions and their imprint on all who are impacted.
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Finnish
Description
"Maarit (Leea Klemola) has successfully managed to live a double life - a male body transformed into an attractive and intelligent woman. Maarit's new life has come with a considerable price, as many transgendered individuals have discovered. Among the most painful burdens Maarit must bear is the longing to revive a fractured relationship with her daughter Pinja (Emmi Nivala). Her life takes an unexpected turn the day her employer, a therapist, leaves...
16) Concrete night
Language
Finnish
Description
A stunning, dream-like odyssey through a beautiful and otherworldly Helsinki over the course of one evening, it follows the impressionable fourteen-year-old Simo as he keeps his soon-to-be- incarcerated brother company. The official Finnish submission to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film captures the pain and joy of youth through exquisite, eye popping black and white cinematography.
19) Kyrsyä Tuftland
Language
Finnish
Description
Balancing between a failed relationship, uninspiring studies and financial problems, headstrong textile student Irina finds herself stuck in the modern rat race. To overcome her problems she decides to accept an unexpected summer job offer at the secluded and self-sufficient village of Kyrsyä, aka 'Tuftland.'. As Irina slowly comes to terms with her situation in the middle of the endless Finnish forest, the harmless and offbeat local hillbillies...
20) Ariel
Language
Finnish
Description
A coal miner takes a road trip looking for a way out of financial despair and criminal trouble. He finds unexpected love instead.