Sakari Kuosmanen

Niina, a single mother working for a small-town newspaper, is drawn into an investigation into the fall of a Soviet missile that upends her life ...

An overweight boy who was a bullied at school grew up to become a beloved comedian, folk artist Jope Ruonansuu. He was a versatile entertainer, ...

The Judge (Mait Malmsten) is a man who represents strict rules and laws in the courtroom. However, his own personal life is an absolute mess. ...

A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland.

A sort of “Divorce Finnish Style,” Mika Kaurismäki’s rambunctious comedy, The House of Branching Love , recounts the breakup of ...

This rollicking sports comedy from Finnish director Markku Polonen follows the exploits of Seppo ‘Sladi’ Pesonen, an ex-top-tiered ...

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 ...

A farmer’s wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her in a brothel.

The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together ...

Bad Trip, a biker who has been freshly inducted into a gang, flees from them after stealing one of their bikes.

A 57-minute documentary of a Helsinki concert featuring the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov Red Army Choir and Ballet, who collaborate on a ...

The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Siberian musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune. As they cross the country, ...

Alex is a Finnish taxi driver in Berlin. One evening pits two men feel comfortable in his taxi with a briefcase full of money, but unfortunately ...

A Finnish film version of Macbeth. Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of ...

Nikander, a rubbish collector and would-be entrepreneur, finds his plans for success dashed when his business associate dies. One evening, he ...

Not to be confused with any of the sequels to Sylvester Stallone’s classic Oscar-winning Rocky, this short film from Finnish filmmaker Aki ...

A group of men all called Frank—except for one named Pekka—have had enough of life in their working-class neighborhood, so they set off for a ...