Outi Mäenpää

Outi M is a Finnish stage and screen actress.

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The Man Without a Past (2002)

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 lost his memory. Back on the streets, he attempts to begin again from zero, befriending a moody dog and becoming besotted ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aki Kaurismäki
CAST:  Markku Peltola  •  Kati Outinen  •  Juhani Niemelä  •  Kaija Pakarinen

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 lost his memory. Back on the streets, he attempts to begin again from zero, befriending a moody dog and becoming besotted ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aki Kaurismäki
CAST:  Markku Peltola  •  Kati Outinen  •  Juhani Niemelä  •  Kaija Pakarinen

Umur (2002)

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DIRECTION:  Kai Lehtinen
CAST:  Heikki Rantanen  •  Minna Turunen  •  Juhani Niemelä  •  Rea Mauranen

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DIRECTION:  Kai Lehtinen
CAST:  Heikki Rantanen  •  Minna Turunen  •  Juhani Niemelä  •  Rea Mauranen

The South (2000)

A comedy of crime, romance and deception played out against the background of a vacation under the Mediterranean sun.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksi Mäkelä
CAST:  Juha Veijonen  •  Outi Mäenpää  •  Kärt Tomingas  •  Samuli Edelmann

A comedy of crime, romance and deception played out against the background of a vacation under the Mediterranean sun.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksi Mäkelä
CAST:  Juha Veijonen  •  Outi Mäenpää  •  Kärt Tomingas  •  Samuli Edelmann

Lipton Cockton in the Shadows of Sodoma (1995)

The 21st-century tale centers on taciturn detective Lipton Cockton as he looks into a series of murders involving exploding victims. The main clue in the case is the white halter dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in the subway vent scene in The Seven Year Itch. This ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jari Halonen
CAST:  Jorma Tommila  •  Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala  •  Hannu Huuska  •  Outi Mäenpää

The 21st-century tale centers on taciturn detective Lipton Cockton as he looks into a series of murders involving exploding victims. The main clue in the case is the white halter dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in the subway vent scene in The Seven Year Itch. This ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jari Halonen
CAST:  Jorma Tommila  •  Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala  •  Hannu Huuska  •  Outi Mäenpää

Call Girl (2012)

Stockholm, late 1970s. Within a stone’s throw of government buildings and juvenile homes lies the seductive world of sex clubs, discotheques and private residences. Call Girl tells the story of how young Iris is recruited from the bottom of society into a ruthless ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikael Marcimain
CAST:  Sofia Karemyr  •  Pernilla August  •  Simon J. Berger  •  Josefin Asplund

Stockholm, late 1970s. Within a stone’s throw of government buildings and juvenile homes lies the seductive world of sex clubs, discotheques and private residences. Call Girl tells the story of how young Iris is recruited from the bottom of society into a ruthless ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikael Marcimain
CAST:  Sofia Karemyr  •  Pernilla August  •  Simon J. Berger  •  Josefin Asplund

Rat King (2012)

18 year old Juri is seriously addicted to online gaming, so much so he becomes isolated from his single mother and pushes his girlfriend to the brink of leaving him. He decides to quit, but is soon lured back by one of his net-mates, Niki, who - when they meet for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Petri Kotwica
CAST:  Max Ovaska  •  Outi Mäenpää  •  Janne Virtanen  •  Julius Lavonen

18 year old Juri is seriously addicted to online gaming, so much so he becomes isolated from his single mother and pushes his girlfriend to the brink of leaving him. He decides to quit, but is soon lured back by one of his net-mates, Niki, who - when they meet for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Petri Kotwica
CAST:  Max Ovaska  •  Outi Mäenpää  •  Janne Virtanen  •  Julius Lavonen

Let My People Go! (2011)

Everyone knows that Ruben is Jewish, gay, half-French, half-Finnish, an ungrateful son and disappointing lover, a thief who can’t help himself, and possibly a murderer to boot. The only person who doesn't know who Ruben is is Ruben himself. When he comes to a major ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikael Buch
CAST:  Nicolas Maury  •  Carmen Maura  •  Jean-François Stévenin  •  Amira Casar

Everyone knows that Ruben is Jewish, gay, half-French, half-Finnish, an ungrateful son and disappointing lover, a thief who can’t help himself, and possibly a murderer to boot. The only person who doesn't know who Ruben is is Ruben himself. When he comes to a major ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mikael Buch
CAST:  Nicolas Maury  •  Carmen Maura  •  Jean-François Stévenin  •  Amira Casar

Vares - The Kiss of Evil (2011)

A young college student is found stabbed to death,and private detective Vares life takes an interesting turn when the girls family asks him to investigate the case.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anders Engström
CAST:  Antti Reini  •  Eppu Salminen  •  Matti Onnismaa  •  Jasper Pääkkönen

A young college student is found stabbed to death,and private detective Vares life takes an interesting turn when the girls family asks him to investigate the case.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anders Engström
CAST:  Antti Reini  •  Eppu Salminen  •  Matti Onnismaa  •  Jasper Pääkkönen

Train Birds (1998)

Hannes is a beer truck driver in Dortmund. His biggest dream is to win the first prize at the International Timetable Contest in Inari (Finland). When his new boss cancels his extra holidays to go there, Hans goes mad… On his journey to Finland by train, followed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Lichtefeld
CAST:  Joachim Król  •  Outi Mäenpää  •  Peter Lohmeyer  •  Jochen Nickel

Hannes is a beer truck driver in Dortmund. His biggest dream is to win the first prize at the International Timetable Contest in Inari (Finland). When his new boss cancels his extra holidays to go there, Hans goes mad… On his journey to Finland by train, followed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Lichtefeld
CAST:  Joachim Król  •  Outi Mäenpää  •  Peter Lohmeyer  •  Jochen Nickel

Beyond (2010)

One morning just before Christmas, Leena receives a phone call from a hospital in her childhood hometown telling her that her mother is dying. This news takes her on a journey to face her mother for the first time in her adult life. Leena has fought all her life to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pernilla August
CAST:  Noomi Rapace  •  Ola Rapace  •  Tehilla Blad  •  Outi Mäenpää

One morning just before Christmas, Leena receives a phone call from a hospital in her childhood hometown telling her that her mother is dying. This news takes her on a journey to face her mother for the first time in her adult life. Leena has fought all her life to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pernilla August
CAST:  Noomi Rapace  •  Ola Rapace  •  Tehilla Blad  •  Outi Mäenpää

8 Days to Premiere (2008)

A love story set in the world of theater. Romeo and Juliet is to be the season's grand premiere. Noora, the female lead in the play, breaks her leg at the kickoff party, and Laura, an actress who due to her debilitating stage fright has ended up as the prompter for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Perttu Leppä
CAST:  Laura Birn  •  Mikko Leppilampi  •  Iina Kuustonen  •  Elina Knihtilä

A love story set in the world of theater. Romeo and Juliet is to be the season's grand premiere. Noora, the female lead in the play, breaks her leg at the kickoff party, and Laura, an actress who due to her debilitating stage fright has ended up as the prompter for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Perttu Leppä
CAST:  Laura Birn  •  Mikko Leppilampi  •  Iina Kuustonen  •  Elina Knihtilä

Black Ice (2007)

Saara is a middle-aged doctor who one day finds out that her architect-husband Leo is having an affair with a younger woman, Tuuli. Instead of revealing her true identity, Saara pretends to be someone else and makes friends with Tuuli. At the same time she is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Petri Kotwica
CAST:  Outi Mäenpää  •  Ria Kataja  •  Martti Suosalo  •  Ville Virtanen

Saara is a middle-aged doctor who one day finds out that her architect-husband Leo is having an affair with a younger woman, Tuuli. Instead of revealing her true identity, Saara pretends to be someone else and makes friends with Tuuli. At the same time she is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Petri Kotwica
CAST:  Outi Mäenpää  •  Ria Kataja  •  Martti Suosalo  •  Ville Virtanen

Juha (1999)

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

DIRECTION:  Aki Kaurismäki
CAST:  Sakari Kuosmanen  •  Kati Outinen  •  André Wilms  •  Markku Peltola

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

DIRECTION:  Aki Kaurismäki
CAST:  Sakari Kuosmanen  •  Kati Outinen  •  André Wilms  •  Markku Peltola

Bad Boys (2003)

The story bases on four Finnish brothers, nicknamed 'the Eura Daltons' who received nation-wide notoriety for tearing gas pumps apart when they needed cash. The cast is an impressive one: the brothers are portrayed by Peter Franzen, Lauri Nurkse, Niko Saarela and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksi Mäkelä
CAST:  Peter Franzén  •  Niko Saarela  •  Lauri Nurkse  •  Jasper Pääkkönen

The story bases on four Finnish brothers, nicknamed 'the Eura Daltons' who received nation-wide notoriety for tearing gas pumps apart when they needed cash. The cast is an impressive one: the brothers are portrayed by Peter Franzen, Lauri Nurkse, Niko Saarela and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksi Mäkelä
CAST:  Peter Franzén  •  Niko Saarela  •  Lauri Nurkse  •  Jasper Pääkkönen

Drifting Clouds (1996)

Tram driver Lauri loses his job. Shortly later, the restaurant where his wife Ilona works as a headwaitress is closed. Too proud, to receive money from the social welfare system, they hardly try to find new jobs. But they are completely unlucky and clumsy, one ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aki Kaurismäki
CAST:  Kati Outinen  •  Kari Väänänen  •  Markku Peltola  •  Elina Salo

Tram driver Lauri loses his job. Shortly later, the restaurant where his wife Ilona works as a headwaitress is closed. Too proud, to receive money from the social welfare system, they hardly try to find new jobs. But they are completely unlucky and clumsy, one ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aki Kaurismäki
CAST:  Kati Outinen  •  Kari Väänänen  •  Markku Peltola  •  Elina Salo

Pearls and Pigs (2003)

When their bootlegging father ends up in jail, four twenty-something brothers need money to pay his debts to local crooks. Next, their 9-year-old half-sister is dumped on their doorstep by her prostitute mother. A karaoke set helps reveal that the little girl is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Perttu Leppä
CAST:  Mikko Leppilampi  •  Laura Birn  •  Amanda Pilke  •  Timo Lavikainen

When their bootlegging father ends up in jail, four twenty-something brothers need money to pay his debts to local crooks. Next, their 9-year-old half-sister is dumped on their doorstep by her prostitute mother. A karaoke set helps reveal that the little girl is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Perttu Leppä
CAST:  Mikko Leppilampi  •  Laura Birn  •  Amanda Pilke  •  Timo Lavikainen

The Prince of Soap (2006)

Screenwriter Ilona falls in love with Kalle, the main star of the series, and mixes fact and fiction when she starts writing a romance between herself and the star. Jealous producer Raakel does everything she can to destroy Ilona's plans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Janne Kuusi
CAST:  Pamela Tola  •  Mikko Leppilampi  •  Outi Mäenpää  •  Minttu Mustakallio

Screenwriter Ilona falls in love with Kalle, the main star of the series, and mixes fact and fiction when she starts writing a romance between herself and the star. Jealous producer Raakel does everything she can to destroy Ilona's plans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Janne Kuusi
CAST:  Pamela Tola  •  Mikko Leppilampi  •  Outi Mäenpää  •  Minttu Mustakallio

Little Wing (2016)

Little Wing tells the story of 12-year-old Varpu, who's quickly growing to adulthood, and about her mother, who doesn't want to grow up. Varpu lives with her mother and has never met her father. One night Varpu has enough of her riding buddies and her mother. She ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Selma Vilhunen
CAST:  Linnea Skog  •  Paula Vesala  •  Lauri Maijala  •  Santtu Karvonen

Little Wing tells the story of 12-year-old Varpu, who's quickly growing to adulthood, and about her mother, who doesn't want to grow up. Varpu lives with her mother and has never met her father. One night Varpu has enough of her riding buddies and her mother. She ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Selma Vilhunen
CAST:  Linnea Skog  •  Paula Vesala  •  Lauri Maijala  •  Santtu Karvonen

Armi Alive! (2015)

Armi Ratia is the woman behind the legendary design company Marimekko and a worldwide celebrity. A theatre company has taken on the task of trying to portray the life and work of this complex person. The sets mainly consist of the well-known patterns that we all ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jörn Donner
CAST:  Minna Haapkylä  •  Laura Birn  •  Rea Mauranen  •  Hannu-Pekka Björkman

Armi Ratia is the woman behind the legendary design company Marimekko and a worldwide celebrity. A theatre company has taken on the task of trying to portray the life and work of this complex person. The sets mainly consist of the well-known patterns that we all ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jörn Donner
CAST:  Minna Haapkylä  •  Laura Birn  •  Rea Mauranen  •  Hannu-Pekka Björkman

Mr Hayhill and the Lion Wind Vane (2011)

A Finnish family adventure comedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matti Grönberg  •  Pekka Karjalainen
CAST:  Heikki Hela  •  Heikki Silvennoinen  •  Adalmiina Pelli  •  Jukka Rasila

A Finnish family adventure comedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matti Grönberg  •  Pekka Karjalainen
CAST:  Heikki Hela  •  Heikki Silvennoinen  •  Adalmiina Pelli  •  Jukka Rasila
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