Ilkka Koivula
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Biography: Ilkka Koivula (born March 16, 1966 in Ranua) is a Finnish actor. He is best known for Freakin' Beautiful World (1997), The Swan and the Wanderer (1999), Rentun Ruusu (2001), Eila (2003), Lights in the Dusk (2006) and Under the North Star (2009).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Ranua, Finland
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Birthday: March 16, 1966
Age: 59 years old
Gender: Male
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Lights in the Dusk
Overview: Outcast by his co-workers and living alone, Koistinen is a security guard who works the night shift in a luxury shopping mall in Helsinki. But when icy blonde Mirja approaches him, the lonely Koistinen falls helplessly for her, unaware she is manipulating him for her criminal boyfriend.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2006-02-03
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Sisu
Overview: When an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, German soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him.
Genres: Action War
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2022-09-09
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The Rose of the Rascal
Overview: The life of Irwin Goodman, a Finnish singer.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2001-01-12
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Under the North Star
Overview: Based on the novel by Väinö Linna, the story takes place during the time of the Finnish Civil War.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2009-12-04
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White Snow
Overview: Director Christophe Blanc delivers a fast-past thriller set to a background of Finland's stunning landscape. High-end car dealership owner Maxime is pursued by Finnish gangsters over unsatisfactory cars his dead partner sold them.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-03-11
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Vaseline Hours
Overview: Ale and Lare are two wannabe career criminals who work for a ruthless kingpin Liljeroos. This dynamic duo takes action when a weasel named Sepi snitches about the big score: the easy way for Ale and Lare to get rid of criminal lifestyle and start it over. But this doesn't please Liljeroos at all.
Genres: Action Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-01
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Lakeuden kutsu
Overview: Businessman Erkki Hakala returns to Ostrobothnia after years in Florida and buys a metal workshop in Jalasjärvi from the unknown Partanen brothers with his business partner Taisto Matsomppi. Erkki misses his wife Kaisu, who back in the day stayed in Finland, and his child, but will the man be forgiven for years of absence?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2000-01-14
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Homebound
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1989-03-10
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December Heat
Overview: The young country of Estonia is dancing to the jazzy tune of the 1920's when on December 1, 1924, the capital Tallinn is overrun by members of the Comintern in an attempt to stage a Communist coup. The film follows the fates of a young soldier called Tanel and his wife, a telephone operator named Anna, amidst the ensuing chaos which determines whether the country remains independent or becomes a minor province in the Communist Empire.
Genres: War Action Drama History
Original Language: et
Release Date: 2008-10-16
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Under the North Star II
Overview: Akseli Koskela returns from prison and tries to learn living again. He's not allowed to take part in politics anymore, but he sees a lot of injustice around him. He raises a family with his wife Elina while another war is around the corner...
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2010-09-24
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Historic Centre
Overview: Four voices and their visions of Guimarães, cradle city of the Portuguese nation and European Capital of Culture in 2012.
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2012-11-10
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The Last Ones
Overview: Tundra of Lapland, Finland. Rupi, a young man who fills his days dealing and drinking, works in a mine hoping to raise enough money to escape the desolate village where he lives.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2020-11-13
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Nuoruuteni savotat
Overview: Lumberjacking is a second part of saga about young author, Kalle Päätalo. It's a story about growing up and becoming a storyteller in hard times when their father was in the forced labour camp. He was a lunatic.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1988-11-18
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A Summer by the River
Overview: Kuningasjätkä is set in North Karelia in the mid-1950s and depicts the summer of 10-year-old Topi at the boating site with his widowed father Tenho.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1998-02-13
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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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Carnage
Overview: When an underground marketplace of illegal activities is besieged by an army of bloodthirsty assassins, a ragtag group of criminals must band together to fight for survival.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2024-02-09
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Arnold Cautious and the Happiness Stone
Overview: Julius, who devours comic books and vampire stories, has a lively imagination. Julius meets Arnold Cautious, who lives in an abandoned house on the outskirts of town and introduces himself as a degenerated, strawberry juice-drinking vampire. Julius and Cautious become friends. Together they try to make the Lucky Stone, the recipe for which is in Cautious' grandmother's secret recipe book. Julius wants to give the stone to his estranged parents so they can rediscover their common happiness. Julius and Arnold's laboratory attempts to make the Lucky Stone falter badly time and time again, but they stubbornly pursue their quest for happiness.
Genres: Family Fantasy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2023-10-13
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Lapland Odyssey 4
Overview: Hunt for the elusive tofu in the Arctic Circle.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2022-12-23
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Freakin' Beautiful World
Overview: The Helsinki-based teenagers Ippe, Papu and Mia have become entangled in drug circles. Their problems get even worse when violent dealer Kalle starts blackmailing the indebted Ippe.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1997-04-11
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Moonlight Sonata II: The Street Sweepers
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Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1991-03-08
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The Son of Revenge – The Story of Kalevala
Overview: Set in the 11th century Kalevala, we follow the ill-fated Kullervo. Growing up in the aftermath of the massacre of his entire tribe, Kullervo comes to realise that the same people who brought him up, the tribe of Untamo, were also the ones who slayed his family. As a child, he was sold into slavery, mocked and tormented. When he finally runs away from his masters, he discovers surviving members of his family, only to lose them again.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2026-01-16
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The Other Side of Hope
Overview: A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2017-02-03
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Bayonet
Overview: Miguel “Bayoneta” Galíndez is a retired boxer from Tijuana who finds himself living in a cramped flat in Finland. As his future begins to look up, a desire for redemption draws him back into the ring.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2018-11-09
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Bad Luck Love
Overview: A shocking crime forces a man to re-evaluate his life, only to find that going straight is more complicated than he imagined. Ali is a low-level criminal who spends much of his spare time working out at a gym with his brother Pulu. Ali spends most of his day stoned on marijuana, while Pulu is known to drink cleaning products when he's run out of booze. Ali has fallen in love with Inka, a bright woman with a mind of her own, and her independent nature occasionally throws him into a fit of jealousy.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2000-09-29
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Tavern Man
Overview: A typical day in the life of a lonely man who works in an unsuccessful tavern located in the historical center of Guimarães, an old town in Portugal. During the day, the man spends his time coming up with new menu items for his tavern, while at night he gets ready to meet someone special.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2012-11-09
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Le Havre
Overview: In the French harbor city of Le Havre, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa into the path of Marcel Marx, a well-spoken bohemian who works as a shoe-shiner. With innate optimism and the tireless support of his community, Marcel stands up to officials pursuing the boy for deportation.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-09-08
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Eila
Overview: A cleaning woman decides to sue the state for illegal discharge.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2003-03-14
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Shadow of the Eagle
Overview: The story of a young poet who became a symbol for Finnish optimism and was subsequently forced underground during Tsar Nicholas II's oppressive dictatorship.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2005-09-09
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The River
Overview: Episodic study of feelings where six stories intertwine over one Saturday in a small town. Two boys save a young woman, Anni, and her baby from suicide by drowning. Esa, a down-on-his-luck musician in need of a loan, arrives to his father's 60th birthday party. Waitress Leena tries to stir up a romance between her co-workers at a pizza parlor. Middle-aged Ilpo comes home early from the paper mill and finds a strange man in their bedroom. Old Milja waits for her daughter Merja at the hospital where she is visiting her terminally ill husband Henri. Teenage Santeri tries to cope with his homosexuality.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2001-09-14
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Badding
Overview: The life of Rauli "Badding" Somerjoki, a Finnish singer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2000-08-18
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The Swan and the Wanderer
Overview: The film tells the story of two very popular Finnish singer/songwriters: Tapio Rautavaara and Repe Helismaa, who worked together until their relationship got frictious for a long time. The film covers the years from 1949 to 1965. Since the film is based on real-life persons it also tells much about the change in Finland during those years and of course much about Finnish popular music.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1999-02-19
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The Year of '85: Rock Your Memories
Overview: The movie is about the Lokomo laborer, and group of friends that dreams come true and a thirst for fast-paced life that take decades.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2013-01-25
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Rakastin epätoivoista naista
Overview: A romantic comedy about 30-year-old Leo and a 40-year-old, pregnant single mother of three, Maarit.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1999-03-26
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Pidetty hiljainen mies
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Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1995-04-26
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Get Away
Overview: A family's vacation to a remote getaway takes an unexpected turn when they discover the island they're on is inhabited by a serial killer.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-12-06
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(Pri)sons: Making of
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2024-11-28
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