Elina Salo

Eski bir yazar olan, bohem bir hayat tarzına sahip olan Marcel Marx, Fransa'nın liman şehri Le Havre'de yaşamakta, kentte ayakkabı boyacısı olarak mütevazi bir hayat sürüp gitmektedir. Başarılı bir edebiyatçı olma hayallerinden vazgeçerek işi, karısı Arletty ve akşamları demlendiği bar arasında gidip gelen Marcel'in çizdiği bu sade hayat, yasa dışı yollarla kente gelen Afrikalı bir göçmenin hayatına girmesi ile alt üst olur. Eşi Arletty ise bu arada ciddi bir hastalığa yakalanır. Marcel'ın kılıçlarını yeniden kuşanma vakti gelmiştir...

Iris, bir kibrit fabrikasında sıkıcı bir işte çalışan utangaç ve rüküş genç bir kadındır ve yerel dans salonunda aşkı bulmanın hayalini kurar. Tek gecelik bir ilişkiden sonra hamile kalıp babası tarafından terk edilince, Iris nihayet intikam zamanının geldiğine karar verir ve planını yapmaya başlar.

Bir adam kendisine yeni bir hayat kurmak için Helsinki'ye gelir. Amacı yeni bir iş bulmaktır. Fakat ölesiye dayak yedikten sonra tüm hafızasını kaybeder.. Soğukkanlılığını korumaya çalışarak, ayakta durmaya çalışır. Kendisine yardımcı olmak isteyen çok fazla gönüllü çıkmaz. İş ve işçi bulma kurumundan da herhangi bir sonuç çıkmayınca, Kurtuluş Ordusu'na yardımcı olmaya başlar. Ordunun bandosu yeni bir uğraşın kapısını aralayacaktır. Fakat hatırlayamadığı geçmişi, kendisine pusu kurmuş beklemektedir!. Aki Kaurismäki'nin Finlandiya üçlemesinin ikinci ayağı olan yapım, 2002 yılının en başarılı filmlerinden biri oldu. Cannes'da Jüri Büyük Ödülü'nü kazanmasının ardından gösterildiği tüm festivallerde olağanüstü bir heyecanla karşılandı...

A Finnish live action adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, The Snow Queen. The tale centers on the struggle between good and evil as experienced by a little boy and girl, Kai and Kerttu.

Tramvay şoförü Lauri işsiz kalır. Kısa bir süre sonra eşi Ilona’nın şef garson olarak çalıştığı restoran kapanır. Sosyal sigorta sisteminden para almak konusunda çok gururlu oldukları için yeni işler bulmaya çalışırlar. Ama tamamen şanssız ve beceriksizdirler, felaketin biri diğerini takip eder.

Irma has been sent to the front immediately after her marriage to Erik Vuori. Irma and her new "Lotta" companions find themselves in many dangerous situations during the fighting of the Continuation War. Irma is also concerned about Erik's loyalty.

Two Finnish men agree to drive an Estonian woman and a Russian woman to a harbor.

Kaius Kannisto a bachelor who has experienced hard on the love front, goes through his relationships with his four former female friends, the four queens of the deck of cards.

Mean girls bully Anna-Maija after she is seen kissing a boy. Her parents notice that the girl's affairs are not in order, but they did not know the reason for their melancholy. Mother buys eight mirrors, one for each member of the family.

When Hamlet discovers his father’s deceased body, he finds himself pulled into a power struggle as his scheming uncle attempts to secure a monopoly on the Scandinavian rubber duck industry. Will Hamlet avenge his father? Will he become the king of rubber ducks? Does any of it really matter?

The very first American-style Post Office robbery in Finland. In the midst of the 60's a gangster quartet led by Hilarius Ruokonen splits up and go into hiding after the heist.

Set between 1930s and 50s, The Farewell the story of Valerie, who lives in a household totally repressed by her stern father. When Valerie has a brief affair with another woman, her father is extremely angry and tries to end the affair with physical force. However Valerie’s determination, independence and lesbian feelings cannot be crushed.

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

A family father gets caught drunk driving.

Based on the Bertolt Brecht play, the movie follows the farmer Puntila, who when he's sober is a real pig but whenever he gets drunk becomes very generous. Puntila is trying to get his daughter to get married, but the problem is that his drunk self wants her to marry another man than his sober personality wants.

Harry Munter, a sensitive, kind, appealing man in his twenties, lives with his parents. He's an inventor, a bit of a mystic, maybe a genius, and a good son and grandson. He's offered work in the U.S. But a friend has cancer and the world is changing in ways that provoke profound sadness. Written by Eileen Berdon

It's holiday season and Christmas decorations come alive again. As her first Christmas Eve approaches, the Little Angel is eager to find her own place in the world. But to her surprise, all the Christmas positions seem to be filled.

Set during the Second World War in the Finnish war zone.

A revolver changes hands seven times, each time serving a different purpose shot in a film style which tests the traditional story-telling form of film.

Recollections of a Helsinki Bourgeois

Pirkko Mannola and Esko Salminen play young pop stars of the same name, who develop a secret romance that is kept hidden from the other musicians in the pop orchestra. Between musical scenes, Pirkko introduces Esko to Ville Salminen, Toivo Kärki, and Reino Helismaa, among others, and gets him a spot in a big pop music show.

Juhani, a welder and Ritva, a right-wing backgrounded, future clerk get married. Soon we see that their marriage seems to be all about long business trips, housing problems, concerns about the money and political disagreements.

Semi-fictitious biopic of Finnish poet Eino Leino, made with a large budget to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth. The film concentrates on his relationships with first wife Freya Schoultz and later muse, poetess L. Onerva. His friends include equally central figures of the Finnish cultural scene in the early 1900s, such as painters Halonen and Gallén-Kallela, and composer Sibelius.

A closed room mystery begins when an infamous tycoon is found dead in his bath tub. The famous police lieutenant Palmu is summoned to investigate.

Moomintroll was a Swedish television series about the Moomins 1969 directed by Vivica Bandler and Ulla Berglund. The series, which is in 13 parts, is written by Tove and Lars Jansson, and produced by Swedish Radio. The premier was December 5, 1969 on TV2. The series became known for Moomins took off their heads a bit into the series. In 2008 the series was up as the play "The King of Moomin Valley" at the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki.