Timo Linnasalo

The Man Without a Past

Aki Kaurismäki

Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen

Arriving in Helsinki, a nameless man is beaten within an inch of his life by thugs, miraculously recovering only to find that he has completely lost his memory. Back on the streets, he attempts to begin again from zero, befriending a moody dog and becoming besotted with a Salvation Army volunteer.

One Man's War

Risto Jarva

Eero Rinne, Tuula Nyman

Man leaves his factory job and sells everything to buy an earth mover and start his own business, travelling from place to place with his wife and child. There is not enough work and he is eventually forced to emigrate after many hardships.

Vartioitu kylä 1944

Timo Linnasalo

Raimo Grönberg, Timo Torikka

Viiva vinita

Timo Linnasalo

Irma Junnilainen, Erkki Haapanen

Monologue movie that won Jussi Award in Best Actress category. Middle aged woman tells about her life in restaurant.

Toto

Anssi Mänttäri

Juha Hyppönen, Paavo Piskonen

A group of three male friends with domestic problems behave badly.

The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth

Elina Katainen, Timo Linnasalo

Eros ja Pyskhe

Timo Linnasalo

Heli Takala, Antti Reini

This is a sad story of Eros and Psyche. Sadder than the ancient myth that was only a dream after all. In my story, the characters learn nothing.

Aurinkotuuli

Timo Linnasalo

Paavo Piskonen, Lilga Kovanko

Gravity researcher Erik Rankamaa dies in his prime in 1970. He is been deep frozen and gets defrosted in 1999, while people of his time are still alive.

Aikalainen

Timo Linnasalo

Matti Pellonpää

A Finnish adaptation of Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Päivää, herra Kivi

Timo Linnasalo

Kristiina Elstelä, Markku Huhtamo

Eccentric small town librarian Helinä struggles between everyday life and her love for the theatre, directing amateurs for a play by the famous Finnish writer Aleksis Kivi. She still carries the torch for her teenage sweetheart Leo, now a married chimney sweeper but still an aspiring playwright, despite his wife's opinions. Helinä thinks Leo is Aleksis Kivi, and so does Leo himself. Discouraged by the society, they end up in a mental institution but finally manage to stage an outdoor premiere of the play.