Leena Uotila

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Road North (2012)

A father who was absent for 30 years of his son's life returns and wants to set on a journey through Finland, so they can learn to know each other again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mika Kaurismäki
CAST:  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Samuli Edelmann  •  Peter Franzén  •  Leena Uotila

A father who was absent for 30 years of his son's life returns and wants to set on a journey through Finland, so they can learn to know each other again.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mika Kaurismäki
CAST:  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Samuli Edelmann  •  Peter Franzén  •  Leena Uotila

Uuno Turhapuron muisti palailee pätkittäin (1983)

Uuno Turhapuro has lost his memory and thinks he's a woman. His friend Sörsselssön has lost his memory too and Härski Hartikainen tries to help them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ere Kokkonen
CAST:  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Marjatta Raita  •  Tapio Hämäläinen  •  Elli Castrén

Uuno Turhapuro has lost his memory and thinks he's a woman. His friend Sörsselssön has lost his memory too and Härski Hartikainen tries to help them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ere Kokkonen
CAST:  Vesa-Matti Loiri  •  Marjatta Raita  •  Tapio Hämäläinen  •  Elli Castrén

The Two and Only (2013)

Hanna is a 30 something single woman from Helsinki. She has a good job and great friends and has almost given up on finding the Mr. Right. One night, Hanna meets Markus, a dark stranger who sweeps her off her feet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Saara Cantell
CAST:  Anna-Maija Tuokko  •  Ilkka Villi  •  Antti Reini  •  Inka Kallén

Hanna is a 30 something single woman from Helsinki. She has a good job and great friends and has almost given up on finding the Mr. Right. One night, Hanna meets Markus, a dark stranger who sweeps her off her feet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Saara Cantell
CAST:  Anna-Maija Tuokko  •  Ilkka Villi  •  Antti Reini  •  Inka Kallén

Hellsinki (2009)

In the mid-1960s, three small-time Finnish bootleggers seize control of their Helsinki neighborhood's black-market liquor business.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksi Mäkelä
CAST:  Samuli Edelmann  •  Peter Franzén  •  Pihla Viitala  •  Kari Hietalahti

In the mid-1960s, three small-time Finnish bootleggers seize control of their Helsinki neighborhood's black-market liquor business.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksi Mäkelä
CAST:  Samuli Edelmann  •  Peter Franzén  •  Pihla Viitala  •  Kari Hietalahti

Heartbeats (2010)

"Encounter". Seven stories of women. Occasionally intersecting with each other in everyday situations. Parallel episodes of hope and abandonment, addiction and infidelity, but also friendship and trust.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Saara Cantell
CAST:  Anneli Sauli  •  Meri Nenonen  •  Jenni Banerjee  •  Rosa Salomaa

"Encounter". Seven stories of women. Occasionally intersecting with each other in everyday situations. Parallel episodes of hope and abandonment, addiction and infidelity, but also friendship and trust.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Saara Cantell
CAST:  Anneli Sauli  •  Meri Nenonen  •  Jenni Banerjee  •  Rosa Salomaa

Ripa Hits the Skids (1993)

A week-long glimpse into the wretched existence of Ripa, a long-haired, hard-drinking lug. He is also a filmmaker-wannabee, whose last two projects were condemned for their sex and violence. A Parasite Deluxe, who barely recalls his previous night, Ripa cruises the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Linblad
CAST:  Sam Huber  •  Mari Vainio  •  Kari Väänänen  •  Jussi Lampi

A week-long glimpse into the wretched existence of Ripa, a long-haired, hard-drinking lug. He is also a filmmaker-wannabee, whose last two projects were condemned for their sex and violence. A Parasite Deluxe, who barely recalls his previous night, Ripa cruises the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Linblad
CAST:  Sam Huber  •  Mari Vainio  •  Kari Väänänen  •  Jussi Lampi

Off Key (2016)

Dramatic comedy about having fun, throwing yourself into life without inhibition, overcoming the feeling of shame and accepting that few things in life go as planned.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lauri Nurkse
CAST:  Riku Nieminen  •  Leena Uotila  •  Essi Hellén  •  Pihla Viitala

Dramatic comedy about having fun, throwing yourself into life without inhibition, overcoming the feeling of shame and accepting that few things in life go as planned.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lauri Nurkse
CAST:  Riku Nieminen  •  Leena Uotila  •  Essi Hellén  •  Pihla Viitala

Jill and Joy's Winter (2015)

Jill and Joy (both 9) live in their own house like any other little girls, except that they might be a little happier than most little girls, as they get to live in their own house specifically designed for the two. One December evening a small car, barely the size ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Saara Cantell
CAST:  Lilja Lehto  •  Aava Merikanto  •  Anna-Leena Sipilä  •  Joonas Saartamo

Jill and Joy (both 9) live in their own house like any other little girls, except that they might be a little happier than most little girls, as they get to live in their own house specifically designed for the two. One December evening a small car, barely the size ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Saara Cantell
CAST:  Lilja Lehto  •  Aava Merikanto  •  Anna-Leena Sipilä  •  Joonas Saartamo

Eila, Rampe and Baby Girl (2014)

Baby Girl, 30, a poet with a bachelor's degree in arts, is anguished because of her relationship with Pirkka, a relatively smart, young man. Baby Girl's parents, Eila and Rampe, do their best to become friends with Pirkka and his elegant mother. Through coincidence ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taru Mäkelä
CAST:  Heidi Herala  •  Pirkka-Pekka Petelius  •  Emmi Parviainen  •  Riku Nieminen

Baby Girl, 30, a poet with a bachelor's degree in arts, is anguished because of her relationship with Pirkka, a relatively smart, young man. Baby Girl's parents, Eila and Rampe, do their best to become friends with Pirkka and his elegant mother. Through coincidence ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taru Mäkelä
CAST:  Heidi Herala  •  Pirkka-Pekka Petelius  •  Emmi Parviainen  •  Riku Nieminen

Overseas and Under Your Skin (2009)

Ida is a woman who was adopted to Finland from Africa as a child. Ida is an unemployed seamstress approaching her thirties and still lives at home with her activist mother Kati. Kati wants to fix her daughter's life and offers her a job at her work. Encouraged by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lenka Hellstedt
CAST:  Amira Khalifa  •  Marja Packalén  •  Matti Ristinen  •  Leena Uotila

Ida is a woman who was adopted to Finland from Africa as a child. Ida is an unemployed seamstress approaching her thirties and still lives at home with her activist mother Kati. Kati wants to fix her daughter's life and offers her a job at her work. Encouraged by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lenka Hellstedt
CAST:  Amira Khalifa  •  Marja Packalén  •  Matti Ristinen  •  Leena Uotila

Varasto 2 (2018)

Rousku and Raninen are fleeing their unemployment by setting up a construction company. Occupational illiteracy is not an obstacle and accounting is fine when Rouskun's mate deals with things. The entrepreneurs know that the poor can be, but not artificial. But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taru Mäkelä
CAST:  Kari-Pekka Toivonen  •  Aku Hirviniemi  •  Minttu Mustakallio  •  Emilia Karilampi

Rousku and Raninen are fleeing their unemployment by setting up a construction company. Occupational illiteracy is not an obstacle and accounting is fine when Rouskun's mate deals with things. The entrepreneurs know that the poor can be, but not artificial. But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taru Mäkelä
CAST:  Kari-Pekka Toivonen  •  Aku Hirviniemi  •  Minttu Mustakallio  •  Emilia Karilampi

The Human Part (2018)

Pekka Malmikunnas is a bankrupt, penniless man, who has convinced his family that he is still the CEO of a large IT company. Maintaining this façade in order to save face has become something of a full-time job for him. When Pekka’s parents unexpectedly come for a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juha Lehtola
CAST:  Hannu-Pekka Björkman  •  Kari Hietalahti  •  Ria Kataja  •  Asko Sarkola

Pekka Malmikunnas is a bankrupt, penniless man, who has convinced his family that he is still the CEO of a large IT company. Maintaining this façade in order to save face has become something of a full-time job for him. When Pekka’s parents unexpectedly come for a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juha Lehtola
CAST:  Hannu-Pekka Björkman  •  Kari Hietalahti  •  Ria Kataja  •  Asko Sarkola

Family Time (2018)

A Finnish family gathers together to spend time at grandparents’. When the night goes on, we realize that this is how things always go. With a warm and subtly humorous gaze, the film looks closely at the unspoken structures and norms inside a family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tia Kouvo
CAST:  Leena Uotila  •  Tom Wentzel  •  Marika Parkkomäki  •  Pia Runnakko

A Finnish family gathers together to spend time at grandparents’. When the night goes on, we realize that this is how things always go. With a warm and subtly humorous gaze, the film looks closely at the unspoken structures and norms inside a family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tia Kouvo
CAST:  Leena Uotila  •  Tom Wentzel  •  Marika Parkkomäki  •  Pia Runnakko

Ladies of Steel (2020)

Inkeri, 75, has hit her husband on the head with a solid iron frying pan and is planning to bury him in their garden. Before facing the rest of her life in prison, there may yet be a moment left to really live. Inkeri makes her sisters Sylvi and Raili join her on a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pamela Tola
CAST:  Leena Uotila  •  Seela Sella  •  Saara Pakkasvirta  •  Heikki Nousiainen

Inkeri, 75, has hit her husband on the head with a solid iron frying pan and is planning to bury him in their garden. Before facing the rest of her life in prison, there may yet be a moment left to really live. Inkeri makes her sisters Sylvi and Raili join her on a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pamela Tola
CAST:  Leena Uotila  •  Seela Sella  •  Saara Pakkasvirta  •  Heikki Nousiainen

Kuningas jolla ei ollut sydäntä (1982)

The King Without a Heart is a fairytale about of a happy king who has a young daughter and a lovely wife. After the sudden death of his wife, the king becomes so sad that he wants his heart taken out of his chest. The kingdom is turned into an effective society ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Liisa Helminen  •  Päivi Hartzell
CAST:  Aino Seppo  •  Kari Franck  •  Heikki Kinnunen  •  Tom Pöysti

The King Without a Heart is a fairytale about of a happy king who has a young daughter and a lovely wife. After the sudden death of his wife, the king becomes so sad that he wants his heart taken out of his chest. The kingdom is turned into an effective society ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Liisa Helminen  •  Päivi Hartzell
CAST:  Aino Seppo  •  Kari Franck  •  Heikki Kinnunen  •  Tom Pöysti

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DIRECTION:  Markku Onttonen
CAST:  Pekka Laiho  •  Heikki Kinnunen  •  Ahti Kuoppala  •  Leena Uotila

Näkemiin, hyvästi (1986)

When a new man appears in Tuula's life, Jorma does not tolerate the idea and begins to yearn back for his ex-wife. They drift into a situation where both face a big choice that has far-reaching implications for the rest of their lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anssi Mänttäri
CAST:  Aino Seppo  •  Lasse Pöysti  •  Matti Pellonpää  •  Juuso Hirvikangas

When a new man appears in Tuula's life, Jorma does not tolerate the idea and begins to yearn back for his ex-wife. They drift into a situation where both face a big choice that has far-reaching implications for the rest of their lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anssi Mänttäri
CAST:  Aino Seppo  •  Lasse Pöysti  •  Matti Pellonpää  •  Juuso Hirvikangas

Lain ulkopuolella (1987)

On her way home from an evening shift at a men's clothing store, Saara Nevanen is raped by a man whom she recognizes as her regular but eccentric customer, Antti Kaironen. The doctor and policemen question Saara in an insensitive manner,and she breaks down with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ville Mäkelä
CAST:  Taneli Mäkelä  •  Kari Heiskanen  •  Pirjo Luoma-aho  •  Antti Litja

On her way home from an evening shift at a men's clothing store, Saara Nevanen is raped by a man whom she recognizes as her regular but eccentric customer, Antti Kaironen. The doctor and policemen question Saara in an insensitive manner,and she breaks down with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ville Mäkelä
CAST:  Taneli Mäkelä  •  Kari Heiskanen  •  Pirjo Luoma-aho  •  Antti Litja

The Inspector (2011)

Surrealistic black comedy about a safe insurance inspector looking into one company's fate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anssi Mänttäri
CAST:  Niko Saarela  •  Anna-Maija Tuokko  •  Eeva Putro  •  Kari Hietalahti

Surrealistic black comedy about a safe insurance inspector looking into one company's fate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anssi Mänttäri
CAST:  Niko Saarela  •  Anna-Maija Tuokko  •  Eeva Putro  •  Kari Hietalahti

Kaikki hyvin, Pekka (2016)

Pekka tries to accomplish absolute equality in one day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marja Pyykkö
CAST:  Kari Ketonen  •  Anna-Maija Tuokko  •  Leena Uotila  •  Taneli Mäkelä

Pekka tries to accomplish absolute equality in one day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marja Pyykkö
CAST:  Kari Ketonen  •  Anna-Maija Tuokko  •  Leena Uotila  •  Taneli Mäkelä
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