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Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Finnish
Description
Based on the classic novel by Väinö Linna, it tells the story of an infantry unit's three-year tour of duty during the Finnish Continuation War. The film follows the story of Rokka, Kariluoto, Koskela, Hietanen, and their brothers-in-arms. It shows how friendship, humor, and the will to live unite these men on their way to the battlefront and back. The war changes the lives of each of the soldiers as well as the lives of those on the home front...
Pub. Date
[2011]
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
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Finnish
Description
The wry, melancholic comedy from Aki Kaurismk̃i 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.
Pub. Date
©2003, ©2002.
Language
Finnish
Description
After a man is beaten and declared dead, he suddenly sits up and walks out of the hospital on his own. Determined to start his life over in a new town and unable to remember his name or anything about his past, he becomes involved with a mother and her sons. Everything seems good until his past comes back to haunt him.
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...
6) Winter War
Pub. Date
2009
Language
Finnish
Description
"Based on a novel by Antii Tuuri, Talvisota is a dramatized commemoration the 1939 Russo-Finnish war. Threatened with total annexation, Finland courageously faced down the Soviet forces, despite being outnumbered 50 to 1. The tiny country loses the vital Karelian Isthmus, but Finland remains an independent nation, never falling into the Communist sphere as the Soviets had intended"--Allmovie.com.
7) Sauna
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
Finnish
Description
Explores the space between Christianity and paganism. The year is 1595 - a long and brutal war is finally over. Brothers Knut and Erik, part of a commission marking the border between Finland and Russia, commit a terrible sin as they leave a young girl to die a horrible death. As the commission crosses the uncharted swamp, the girl returns to haunt them. Weary men find solace from the nameless village and find a sauna, the sauna where all sins are...
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