Vesa-Matti Loiri

Talossa on Saatana

Aleksi Mäkelä

Juha Veijonen, Samuli Edelmann

Woman unexpectedly meets Satan in her attic.

The Boys

Mikko Niskanen

Pentti Tarkiainen, Vesa-Matti Loiri

When Continuation War started in Summer 1941, German soldiers arrived to Oulu. With their charm they conquered women and town boys. Finnish boys communicated with them on many levels: had trades, worked as interpreters, rotated business, spied on German love adventures and fought with each other about the favor of soldiers. In autumn 1944, the war was ending. Germans left Oulu by leaving behind fragile relationships, bastard kids and unfinished businesses. The most shocking of all was the faith of young Jake...

Kummeli Kultakuume

Matti Grönberg

Heikki Silvennoinen, Timo Kahilainen

Psychiatric patient Elmeri knows about the existence of a gold treasure in Finnish Lapland, hidden there by his late father who somehow managed to capture it from withdrawing German troops on the last days of WW2. His openly gay nurse helps him escape from the mental institution, and the two men slowly find their way up north to reach the gold. On their way, the odd couple meets a cavalcade of even odder characters.

Mestari Cheng

Mika Kaurismäki

Pak Hon Chu, Anna-Maija Tuokko

Cheng, 45, a restaurant owner from China, has travelled with his young son halfway around the world to a remote village in Finland. His wife died recently in an accident, and Cheng wanted to have a break from everything by traveling with his son to see an old Finnish friend who lives on a farm in the countryside of Finland. It’s the most remote place Cheng can imagine with endless forests, thousands of lakes, a country with entire population of one-fifth of Cheng’s home town, Shanghai.

Tykkimies Kauppalan viimeiset vaiheet

Veli-Matti Saikkonen

Vesa-Matti Loiri, Jarmo Tulonen

The story of a man raised in a boy's home and prison who doesn't conform to the rules and discipline of the military.

Sokkotanssi

Matti Ijäs

Martti Suosalo, Walter Gröhn

Two 9-year-old boys, Jontti and Länki, grow up in a Finnish seaside town in the 1960s. Länki's biggest dream is to run away on a ship to the sea where his father is rumoured to have died. Jontti too must discover that his father is not what he appears to be. When his dad moves away with another woman, Jontti is determined to win him back.

Uuno Turhapuro armeijan leivissä

Ere Kokkonen

Vesa-Matti Loiri, Marjatta Raita

Uuno is forced to complete his mandatory military service when it is revealed that he only spent one day in the army in his youth. As is typical of the Turhapuro series his family and friends become closely tied in with these events. His friends Härski Hartikainen and Sörsselssön return to the army for a refresher course and by chance Uuno's father-in-law, Councillor Tuura is made the Finnish Defence Minister. In one of the most memorable scenes, Uuno's wife, Elisabeth, dresses as Uuno and substitutes him for a day as Uuno has an apparently urgent meeting (at a restaurant) and while becoming lost in the woods with a malfunctioning radio, Tuura accidentally declares war on Sweden.

Rumble

Jani Volanen

Vesa-Matti Loiri, Jari Nissinen

Finnish Road Movie

Vesku

Mika Kaurismäki

Vesa-Matti Loiri

"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.

Magneettimies

Arto Halonen

Atte Blom, Olavi Uusivirta

A look at the life and music of Pekka Streng who died at the age of 26 in 1975.

Pikkupojat

Spede Pasanen, Ere Kokkonen

Hannele Lauri, Spede Pasanen

OK, imagine four men in their 40s and 50s. You there? OK, now imagine them wearing suits and playing on a sandbox as characters aged 4, 5 and 6. Pasanen even has his trademark beard, for Christ's sake!

Hirttämättömät

Spede Pasanen, Vesa-Matti Loiri

Vesa-Matti Loiri, Simo Salminen

Two outlaws, The Lonely Rider and the Indian Tonto, have caught (at least they think they have) Speedy Gonzales, a ruthless gunfighter from the town of Njietponimaistadi. They start to travel to another town for the reward, through the desert without water and fighting against Indians. And just to find out that they have made a full circle back to origin.

Jon

Jaakko Pyhälä

Kari Väänänen, Vesa-Matti Loiri

Story of Jari, a misfit and coward who, after hitting his girlfriend escapes to a fish factory in Norway. There he meets Heikki, who works for the same company. However, the violence follows Jon in Norway too.

Ulvova mylläri

Jaakko Pakkasvirta

Vesa-Matti Loiri, Eija Ahvo

The main character is a miller, who sometimes acts strangely but is otherwise a goodhearted hardworking honest man. He sometimes keeps the villagers up all night by howling. Finally the villagers decide that the miller has to be committed into a mental hospital, where the hero does not have to spend too much time until he escapes. The miller takes to the woods near his home but there he is constantly harassed by the chief of the police with his posse.

Noin 7 veljestä

Jukka Virtanen

Juhani Kumpulainen, Spede Pasanen

Road North

Mika Kaurismäki

Vesa-Matti Loiri, Samuli Edelmann

A father who was absent for 30 years of his son's life returns and wants to set on a journey through Finland, so they can learn to know each other again.