Irma Junnilainen

Geography of Fear (2000)

When her sister is mugged and raped, Oili, a young female forensic dentist, meets a group of abused women who have taken matters to their own hands to make the living in fear and just letting it happen stop.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Auli Mantila
CAST:  Tanjalotta Räikkä  •  Leea Klemola  •  Kari Sorvali  •  Anna-Elina Lyytikäinen

When her sister is mugged and raped, Oili, a young female forensic dentist, meets a group of abused women who have taken matters to their own hands to make the living in fear and just letting it happen stop.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Auli Mantila
CAST:  Tanjalotta Räikkä  •  Leea Klemola  •  Kari Sorvali  •  Anna-Elina Lyytikäinen

Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana (1994)

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

DIRECTION:  Aki Kaurismäki
CAST:  Kati Outinen  •  Kirsi Tykkyläinen  •  Matti Pellonpää  •  Mato Valtonen

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

DIRECTION:  Aki Kaurismäki
CAST:  Kati Outinen  •  Kirsi Tykkyläinen  •  Matti Pellonpää  •  Mato Valtonen

Unna and Nuuk (2006)

11-year-old Unna travels in time to the stone age with the help of a magic drum.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Saara Cantell
CAST:  Rosa Salomaa  •  Toni Leppe  •  Jenni Banerjee  •  Elin Petersdottir

11-year-old Unna travels in time to the stone age with the help of a magic drum.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Saara Cantell
CAST:  Rosa Salomaa  •  Toni Leppe  •  Jenni Banerjee  •  Elin Petersdottir

Princess (2010)

Princess tells the true story of former cabaret dancer Anna Lappalainen's redemptive struggle with insanity, who checked in to Finland's Kellokoski Psychiatric Hospital in 1945.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arto Halonen
CAST:  Katja Küttner  •  Samuli Edelmann  •  Krista Kosonen  •  Pirkka-Pekka Petelius

Princess tells the true story of former cabaret dancer Anna Lappalainen's redemptive struggle with insanity, who checked in to Finland's Kellokoski Psychiatric Hospital in 1945.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arto Halonen
CAST:  Katja Küttner  •  Samuli Edelmann  •  Krista Kosonen  •  Pirkka-Pekka Petelius

Dolly and Her Lover (1990)

Detective Karisto releases Auno 'Räpsy' Pirilä from prison, who in turn has to calve his childhood friend Börje from criminal activities. Alcoholic Dolly takes Räpsy to live in Kallio, Helsinki, and hopes to move to Paris with her in the spring.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matti Ijäs
CAST:  Matti Pellonpää  •  Raija Paalanen  •  Kari Väänänen  •  Pertti Sveholm

Detective Karisto releases Auno 'Räpsy' Pirilä from prison, who in turn has to calve his childhood friend Börje from criminal activities. Alcoholic Dolly takes Räpsy to live in Kallio, Helsinki, and hopes to move to Paris with her in the spring.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matti Ijäs
CAST:  Matti Pellonpää  •  Raija Paalanen  •  Kari Väänänen  •  Pertti Sveholm

Lyrics and Lace (1992)

Like it or not, almost anyone who has met a really serious poet finds that they have something about them which sets them apart from other people. It's not just a romantic legend. In wry but basically directionless Finnish movie, Paavo Pentikainen plays one of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matti Ijäs
CAST:  Paavo Pentikäinen  •  Mikko Reitala  •  Kristiina Elstelä  •  Irma Junnilainen

Like it or not, almost anyone who has met a really serious poet finds that they have something about them which sets them apart from other people. It's not just a romantic legend. In wry but basically directionless Finnish movie, Paavo Pentikainen plays one of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matti Ijäs
CAST:  Paavo Pentikäinen  •  Mikko Reitala  •  Kristiina Elstelä  •  Irma Junnilainen

Aita (2001)

Middle-aged Late is building a fence in his family home for a summer break, but he falls in love with his daughter's new friend, 16-year old flirtatious Saija.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matti Ijäs
CAST:  Antti Virmavirta  •  Pirkko Hämäläinen  •  Elena Leeve  •  Janne Reinikainen

Middle-aged Late is building a fence in his family home for a summer break, but he falls in love with his daughter's new friend, 16-year old flirtatious Saija.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matti Ijäs
CAST:  Antti Virmavirta  •  Pirkko Hämäläinen  •  Elena Leeve  •  Janne Reinikainen

Viiva vinita (1991)

Monologue movie that won Jussi Award in Best Actress category. Middle aged woman tells about her life in restaurant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Timo Linnasalo
CAST:  Irma Junnilainen  •  Erkki Haapanen  •  Minna Kivelä  •  Olli Vesala

Monologue movie that won Jussi Award in Best Actress category. Middle aged woman tells about her life in restaurant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Timo Linnasalo
CAST:  Irma Junnilainen  •  Erkki Haapanen  •  Minna Kivelä  •  Olli Vesala