Afterword - Finnish favourites
Favourite Finnish films chosen by contributors to the Afterword blogsite.
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- DirectorAki KaurismäkiStarsAndré WilmsBlondin MiguelJean-Pierre DarroussinWhen an African boy arrives by cargo ship in the port city of Le Havre, an aging shoe shiner takes pity on the child and welcomes him into his home.
- DirectorÅke LindmanStarsTobias ZilliacusIlkka HeiskanenChristoffer WeissA story of the infantry regiment 61 that fought from Syväri to the Karelian Ishtmus.
- DirectorJalmari HelanderStarsJorma TommilaOnni TommilaPeeter JakobiIn the depths of the Korvatunturi mountains, 486 meters deep, lies the closest ever guarded secret of Christmas. The time has come to dig it up. This Christmas everyone will believe in Santa Claus.
- DirectorAki KaurismäkiStarsMarkku PeltolaKati OutinenAnnikki TähtiM arrives in Helsinki only to be viciously attacked by thugs and pronounced dead by medics. He revives but with no memory of his past or his identity. He rebuilds his life from scratch, but the past inevitably catches up with him.
- DirectorDome KarukoskiStarsPamela TolaJussi VatanenJasper PääkkönenJanne has made a career out of living on welfare; suddenly, his girlfriend gives him an ultimatum: Buy a new digital TV box or she will leave him.
- DirectorMarkku PölönenStarsPeter FranzénTaisto ReimaluotoAhti KuoppalaBright young soldier Mertsi suffers a permanent brain injury in the Second World War. In the late 1940s he wanders around the Finnish countryside looking for simple work and relying on other people's help. A workmate, Ville, tells him about his clever Spitz dog back home and the problems with her overlong dew claws. Together with his helpful war buddy Eetvi, Mertsi joins a lumber camp in the middle of a freezing winter, tries hard but finds the work there too strenuous for his body and mind. While he still sees nightmares about the war, in the daytime he keeps dreaming and worrying about the dog...
- DirectorAleksi SalmenperäStarsHeikki TolonenJon AyresRhys PalmerAlcan Highway is a film about a journey, a dream which seems to be coming true. But is it what Hese really wanted?
- DirectorTaru MäkeläStarsKati OutinenMiroslav EtzlerElena LeeveAugust Fools is a romantic comedy set against the political background of the Cold War. Elsa (Kati Outinen), a middle-aged hat maker and part-time clairvoyant, is apparently in total control of her life - until the man she once loved and lost walks in through the door of her Helsinki hat shop in 1962. Jan (Miroslav Etzler), a Czech jazz musician, is in town to perform at the "International Festival of Peace and Friendship of the Youth of the World." For more than two decades Elsa believed the man was dead. Elsa initially wants to stay away from Jan - and especially from the Festival, which for her is just another attempt by the International Communists to brainwash the good, unsuspecting citizens of Western countries, such as Finland. But Jan is persistent, persuasive and charming. As Elsa eventually overcomes her fear of love and commitment, she realizes there is only one solution if the two of them want to be together for more than the seven days of the Festival.
- DirectorMarko MäkilaaksoStarsEero MilonoffJarkko NiemiMalla MalmivaaraPate has a hard time learning math so he decides to be a rock star, thinking he won't need to study anymore.
- DirectorVirpi SuutariStarsJanneToniMira
- DirectorUlrika BengtsStarsErik EngePatrik KumpulainenNiklas GroundstroemIn 1939 the 13-year-old Carl arrives at the lighthouse Lågskär in the Åland Islands, for a position as lighthouse disciple. He is trained by the demanding lighthouse keeper.
- DirectorSamuli ValkamaStarsAnu SinisaloVille VirtanenKai VaineA middle-aged art teacher going through a midlife crisis begins an affair with one of her students after her husband shows her no real intimacy and instead concentrates on playing video games.
- DirectorTimo KoivusaloStarsSamuel ShipwaySanni PaatsoVesa VierikkoAunt Elvi and aunt Rauha try to find a suitable father figure for Ricky.
- DirectorPeter FranzénStarsOlavi AngervoMatleena KuusniemiMilja TuunainenA ravishing story about little Pete and his survival and growth in the gray area between love and fear.
- DirectorDome KarukoskiStarsMarjut MaristoAmanda PilkeMalla MalmivaaraTwo teen girls from a very restrictive Conservative Laestadian faith community, go alone to Helsinki for the first time.
- DirectorMika KaurismäkiStarsKari VäänänenMartti SyrjäLeena HarjupatanaGiancarlo Rosso, a Sicilian hit man, gets a job to kill someone in Finland, Maria. He arrives in Helsinki, buys weapons, and invades her apartment, but it's deserted. He runs into her brother Martti and, although they don't speak each other's languages, they go to search for her together.