Kaisa Pylkkänen
Writer · b. 1974
Movies2
Movie5.3ComedySiiri, a hardworking millennial, wants to be successful in her job as the advisor to the Minister of Economic Affairs. She craves a promotion. Siiri’s job takes her and the hard-to-handle minister, an unpredictable eccentric boss lady, to a big tango festival in a small Finnish town. Siiri’s father Petri, a former tango artist and an overly optimistic middle-aged man, wants to make himself useful to Siiri while trying to hide the fact that he himself is homeless, bankrupt and finally at his wits end. Over the course of one summer weekend both Siiri’s and Petri’s facade comes tumbling down but the tango keeps going on in the sweet Finnish summer night.
MovieComedyWhen Pirjo Heikkilä embarrasses herself in public at a charity event, she begins to believe that she needs a change of scenery. Pirjo learns a surprising secret about her family that leads her to Sweden. Pirjo sets off on her journey convinced that her true life awaits her in Stockholm—surrounded by royalty, new friends, and greater human dignity. But the trip turns out to be anything but dignified. She faces one awkward situation after another and an endless need to appear more Swedish than she really is.