Merja Larivaara
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Merja Larivaara is a Finnish stage and screen actress.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Haukipudas, Finland
Birthday: July 04, 1964
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Game Over
Overview: A movie inspired by a true crime - the coldblooded Heino double murder, committed by a group of teenagers - that shocked Finland in 2001.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2005-08-26
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Vares: The Path of the Righteous Men
Overview: The body of a young woman whose heart has been ripped out of her chest is found in a remote are in Finland. The finder of the body, a dismissed pastor, hires private investigator Jussi Vares to investigate the crime. Vares uncovers a criminal ring involved in extortion, religious scams, exploitation of minors and stock market speculation.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2012-01-06
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The Hijack That Went South
Overview: Aarno Lamminparras hijacked an airplane with a gun in 1978. A true story.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2013-01-18
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Rock'n Roll Never Dies
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Genres: Drama Comedy Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2006-12-22
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Hayflower and Quiltshoe
Overview: The quirky adventures of Hayflower and her little sister Quiltshoe.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2002-10-18
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Vuoden viimeinen kesä
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1998-12-28
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Aapo
Overview: Finland 1917. Aapo is a single peasantry who tries to live a good life before the finnish civil war begins.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1994-07-29
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Viisi tytärtäni
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1997-03-31
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Ripa Hits the Skids
Overview: 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 bars and meets bank-teller Tiina.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1993-02-05
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Village People
Overview: Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, the long-time president of the Republic of Finland, is scheduled to visit Alli’s Bar on his way to northern Finland. He is blindly worshiped and the nearer the visit draws, the more envy, competition and dirty tricks come to bear in this small town setting. No one is spared the brutality!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2013-08-16
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Uuno Turhapuro – This Is My Life
Overview: Uuno disguises as an old man and infiltrates a nursing home for rich old people, where his father-in-law also lives. The ever-hungry Uuno is seduced by the table groaning with food, but as it happens, he never manages to be there at dinnertime. Meanwhile Sörsselssön enters Uuno for a TV competition named This Is My Life, where contestants tell about their life as viewers vote them either to continue or out of the show. The nursing home elderly watch on TV as Uuno tells the show's host his life story.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2004-09-10
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The Well
Overview: This very serious drama, based on a true incident, explores the unremitting labor which put a young mother living in rural isolation into the situation of being charged with having thrown her children down a well. Her husband is an unimaginative, work-obsessed man who cannot see that her constant hard work without any support or sympathy from anyone is driving the sensitive woman to consider suicide. When the loutish fellow discovers that his wife and three children are missing, he calls the police, and a manhunt begins. The police discover the oldest boy alive, and find that the mother tried to drown herself, but has survived. The two younger children remained missing.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1992-09-29
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Bad Family
Overview: The story of an overly protective and controlling father who suspects incest is taking place between his own son and daughter. These growing suspicions and concerns cause the father to become delusional and unrelenting in his quest to end the love affair between his children.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2010-01-29
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Marja
Overview: When Marja becomes pregnant as a result of an unauthorized relationship, the man denies the whole relationship. A pregnant young woman is left alone. Marja ends up with an illegal abortion when there are only bad options ahead.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1994-11-28
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Rengasmatka
Overview: Divorced Asta and her daughter Anni go on a summer holiday touring Finland with Asta's sister and her husband. On the trip they visit a submarine, a mine, a dinosaur land and search for Santa Claus in Lapland.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1988-10-08
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