Tuula Mehtonen

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Dinosaurus
6.8

Dinosaurus

Mar 10, 2021

Dinosaurus
2021 89 min 4 vues
Acclaimed Finnish director Rauni Mollberg made several scandalous yet widely appreciated films. Former co-worker Veikko Aaltonen’s eye-opening documentary The Dinosaur looks at the relentless, often disturbing directing techniques behind Mollberg’s art and success.
Documentary
Isältä pojalle
6.4

Isältä pojalle

Jan 01, 2004

Isältä pojalle
2004 70 min 7 vues
The film examines the painful relationship between fathers and sons through the eyes of one family. Four generations of men are featured in the film. Father to Son deals with the conflict between generations and their subjective memories, and the way different methods of raising children pass from one generation to the next. How often and to what extent do we repeat the behavioural patterns of our fathers; can we change or break these patterns or is repeating them inescapable, and how many generations are needed for change to occur? Are the values we have inherited from our fathers still valid in the modern world? One of the leading themes of this film is the sensitivity of a man and a boy, and its preservation and suppression.
Documentary
Miehen kuva
3.5

Miehen kuva

Jan 01, 2010

Miehen kuva
2010 81 min 5 vues
A rough but beautiful documentary film about the crisis of a man in his forties and his desire for a better life; its a story of parenthood, alcohol, Finnish man and his desire for love. It is also an unusually intimate depiction of the relationship between the father and his son. Despite the seriousness of the topic the film includes black humor and situational comedy
Documentary
Talvinen matka
6

Talvinen matka

Jan 01, 2007

Talvinen matka
2007 58 min 3 vues
A documentary film about singing and a young man in search of himself and his voice.
Documentary
Palnan tyttäret
6

Palnan tyttäret

Dec 31, 2007

Palnan tyttäret
2007 69 min 2 vues
A film about memory, identity and the overwhelming power of love. One-year-old Devi was found starving at a railway station in Delhi. The police took her to Palna, an orphanage, where she lived for a year. When Devi learned to talk she often wanted to talk about Amma, her first mother. In the film, the 6-year-old Devi journeys to her own past, as her family adopts another daughter from Palna, a baby sister for Devi.
Documentary
Milka
5.8

Milka

Dec 19, 1980

Milka
1980 110 min 12 vues
Based on a novel by the late Finnish writer Timo Mukka, this simple story focuses on what happens when Milka (Irma Huntus), a girl barely out of childhood, gets pregnant by Ojanen (Matti Turunen) a rustic fieldhand. Her own mother had been hoping to marry Ojanen, and her daughter's pregnancy turns their lives around. Set in the Lapp country of northern Finland, the scenery is breathtaking, made even more so by the isolation of the region. A sense of natural solitude is underscored by a slow-moving dialogue interspersed with long silences, and the connection between nature and the dialogue is underscored as the young Milka recites poetry while out in the countryside. The fate of Milka and her mother, however, is connected to the decision that Ojanen makes at the end.
Drama
Emilia ja kaksoset
1

Emilia ja kaksoset

Dec 26, 1978

Emilia ja kaksoset
1978 15 min 1 vues
Part two of the Emilia animation series. The twins get a ship to play with in the bathtub. But it's no ordinary ship, because you can sail along a large lake with strange foam islands and dirty water.
Animation
Emilia ja kuningas Oskari
1

Emilia ja kuningas Oskari

Dec 29, 1978

Emilia ja kuningas Oskari
1978 15 min 1 vues
Part four in the Emilia animation series. King Oskar rules his little kingdom, which is an island in the sea. After the king falls ill, people at first wonder how they will get along without Oskar. But then they start to listen to themselves, obey themselves and come up with a lot of new things.
Animation
Emilia ja kolme pientä tätiä
1

Emilia ja kolme pientä tätiä

Dec 28, 1978

Emilia ja kolme pientä tätiä
1978 15 min 1 vues
Part three of the Emialia animation series. Emma, ​​Emilia and Elvira are three little aunts whose only job is to be old. But they want to do important things. "Children are important," they exclaim at the same time. And then they are just as busy as other people.
Animation
Emilia ja omenapuumetsä
1

Emilia ja omenapuumetsä

Dec 25, 1978

Emilia ja omenapuumetsä
1978 15 min 1 vues
The first part of the Emilia animation series. Emilia lives in an apple tree forest. There, together with the other residents, she cooks apple jam. Everything goes smoothly until factory owners arrive and start making apple jam in their factories.
Animation
Emilia ja onni
1

Emilia ja onni

Dec 29, 1978

Emilia ja onni
1978 15 min 1 vues
Part five of the Emilia animation series. Emilia lives at home with her dog Oskari. One night they see a strange light phenomenon in the sky. Oskari thinks it's luck and they go in search of it.
Animation
Helena Ranta – Sodan viimeinen sana
1

Helena Ranta – Sodan viimeinen sana

Jan 31, 2022

Helena Ranta – Sodan viimeinen sana
2022 57 min 1 vues
In the Kosovo War, human dignity was shattered by the terrors of the Serbian government and the Albanian liberation army. Truths about the victims’ fates faded away, which is why a Finnish forensic research group led by Helena Ranta got a mission to act as an unbiased agent and investigate the real course of events.
Documentary
Kotia päin
4.8

Kotia päin

Mar 10, 1989

Kotia päin
1989 93 min 5 vues
Mika's mother marries a man who is getting out of the jail. At the beginning everything seems to be all right. Mika leaves Oulu, an industrial city up in Northern Finland, to study in the capital, Helsinki. He does very well with his studies and also begins a relationship with the girl he knew already back in Oulu. Meanwhile the new husband reveals his true self - and all of a sudden things get very serious.
Drama
Ajolähtö
6

Ajolähtö

Feb 05, 1982

Ajolähtö
1982 109 min 6 vues
Juuso, Late, and Pyry return from military service to their small village in the Finnish countryside. Finding work is difficult there, so Juuso decides to take a job on a Norwegian oil drilling platform. Late could start working on his family's chicken farm but wants to break free from his father who has a new wife. Looking for work in Gothenburg, Sweden, he only runs into more problems and is deported back to Finland. Pyry would like to take over his late father's farm but family quarrels over the estate make him quit his agricultural studies and, together with drifter Late, take a job in a steel mill in southern Finland.
Drama
Aidankaatajat
1

Aidankaatajat

Aug 20, 1982

Aidankaatajat
1982 106 min 1 vues
Three old men escape from the hospital and travel to Turku in search of one of the mens daughter
Drama
Kerjäläiselokuva
6

Kerjäläiselokuva

Sep 22, 2011

Kerjäläiselokuva
2011 96 min 1 vues
A Roma beggar on his knees raises many extreme emotions: guilt, rage, sympathy and frustration. Most people just walk on by, but there is always someone willing to help. In this film, the director follows the confrontations between the Roma beggars from Romania and Finnish people, and is forced to question, over and over again, her own ideas about helping.
Documentary
Da Capo
2

Da Capo

Aug 16, 1985

Da Capo
1985 121 min 1 vues
Interwoven with scenes that are meant to grab attention by their stunning composition, this biographical look at Finland's violinist Arto Arsi is not so much a narration of his childhood and early years, as an attempt to artistically show what was happening inside his psyche during that time. Literally sold to a master teacher, Sergei Rippas (Tarmo Manni) by his mother when he was still a child, the violin prodigy was forcefully and strictly raised to practice, practice, and perfect his technique. Once an adult, Arsi finds a way to escape the rigors of a U.S. tour and drowns his overworked self in drink, or seeks out one-night stands, or otherwise lets off steam. The tightly-wound spring that has been coiled since he was forced into his grueling training and work sessions -- shown through symbolic images -- eventually snaps in a healthy way, freeing Arsi at last to continue on, simply for the love of music.
Drama
Elää ja palaa
1

Elää ja palaa

Oct 28, 2007

Elää ja palaa
2007 69 min 1 vues
The Gypsies have lived in Finland for hundreds of years and they form a significant minority in country. Nevertheless, their every day life is not very well known by the majority and few people understand the issues young Gypsies struggle with.
Documentary