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1) Heavy trip
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
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 decided it's now or never. They steal a van, a corpse, and even a new drummer...
2) Sisu
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When Nazis steal gold from a lone prospector in Finland, he goes to great lengths to retrieve his gold and get revenge against the soldiers.
3) The twin
Publisher
RLJE Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A woman, who moved from New York to Finland after losing one of her twin sons in a car accident, becomes concerned when her surviving child begins talking to an invisible person and exhibiting increasingly disturbing behaviors.
Series
Film Movement ; 5, film 4
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
Finnish
Description
When nine-year-old Eero's father is killed at the beginning of World War II his mother, broken by grief, is unable to care for him. She sends Eero out of Finland to live with a family in Sweden, away from the conflict. Feeling abandoned by his biological Finnish mother, he cannot quite attach to his Swedish surrogate mother. When the war ends, and he returns to his mother in Finland, his confusion intensifies.
Uncle: Biography of a humble man, retold...
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Young Pietari lives with his stern reindeer-herding father Rauno in arctic Finland. On the eve of Christmas, an enormous excavation at a nearby mountain disturbs the locals and captures Pietari's curiosity. When Rauno's reindeer herd is mysteriously slain and the children in town go missing, Pietari realizes that the dig has unearthed the evil Santa Claus of local lore, who no one wants coming to town." --
Publisher
Sundance Now
Pub. Date
©2018.
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,...
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Finnish
Description
"In the 1950s, the hottest spot in the Cold War wasn't Washington or Moscow. In the wake of World War II, the tiny Nordic nation of Finland found itself on the front lines of the world's latest conflict. Shadow Lines is a dazzling international thriller about a secret intelligence team called The Fist whose mission is to defend Finland's independence, no matter the cost. This multilingual series follows Finnish student Helena as she is plunged headfirst...
Series
Criterion collection ; 922
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Finnish
Description
"The wry, melancholic comedy from Aki Kaurismkĩ is a bittersweet tale of human kindness in the face of official indifference. A response to the ongoing global refugee crisis, the film follows two people, a displaced Syrian and a Finnish salesman, searching for a place to call home." --
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In the late eighties and early nineties, Aki Kaurismäki (The Match Factory Girl), the master of the deadpan, fashioned a waggish fish-out-of-water tale about a U.S. tour by the worst rock-and-roll band in the world. Set contains five Leningrad music videos directed by Kaurismake.
10) Sisu
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
During WWII, a solitary prospector crosses paths with Nazis in northern Finland. When the Nazis steal his gold, they quickly discover he is no ordinary miner. While there is no direct translation for the Finnish word "sisu," the legendary ex-commando will embody what it means: a white-knuckled form of courage and unimaginable determination in the face of overwhelming odds. And this one-man death squad will go to outrageous lengths to get his gold...
11) The twin
Publisher
RLJE Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A woman, who moved from New York to Finland after losing one of her twin sons in a car accident, becomes concerned when her surviving child begins talking to an invisible person and exhibiting increasingly disturbing behaviors.