Jukka Kärkkäinen
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kuopio, Finland
Adult: No
Birthday: August 04, 1961
Age: 63 years old
Gender: Male
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Man's Job
Overview: Juha is 38 years old and has three small children and a depressed wife. He sees himself as strong and believes a man should provide for his family. But one day Juha is fired from his job. Ashamed, he weaves a web of lies to hide the fact from his family. With the help of his friend Olli, Juha begins prostituting himself to support his wife and children. With this he makes in two hours what it took him two days to earn before. The shame and deception mushroom, but the pay from the new profession seems to offset the downside.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2007-02-23
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I Hired Two Contract Cleaners
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Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1997-11-24
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Joulubileet
Overview: A story of Mike, just out of prison, and his buddies throwing a Christmas party under the most obscure circumstances is filled with juicy dialogue and plot twists that will definitely make your jaw drop – and have you chuckle for days after.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1996-11-29
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Täällä pojat tähden alla
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Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1993-01-03
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Routasydän
Overview: In this gloomy scenario about Finland's upcoming membership in the European Union, the country has become a poor peripheral area plagued by energy shortages and civil wars. Escaping the city to his summer cottage with his children and a lady next door, a divorced university teacher is forced to pick up a young delirious woman from the roadside. He soon falls in love with her, only to find out she is a sought-after deserter from a violent guerilla army.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1993-03-05
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Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?
Overview: A comedy about a chaotic morning in a family with kids, and a mother who is determined that it's best to take care of everything herself.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2012-02-17
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August Fools
Overview: An comedy set in 1960s Helsinki. The story revolves around Elsa, a resolute hatmaker who is in complete control of her life. Besides running her shop, she sometimes doubles as a fortune teller. When Jan, a Czechoslovakian jazz musician and Elsa's old lover comes to town to perform at a "peace and friendship festival", her well-organised life is jolted out of balance.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2013-10-04
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The Snow Queen
Overview: A Finnish live action adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, The Snow Queen. The tale centers on the struggle between good and evil as experienced by a little boy and girl, Kai and Kerttu.
Genres: Fantasy Family
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1986-12-19
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The Mine
Overview: A young and ambitious civil servant Jussi finds himself being in charge of the environmental permit of a huge nickel and uranium mine in Northern Finland. The Talvivaara mine, led by a charismatic globe trotting visioner Pekka Perä is introducing an entirely new method of collecting minerals whilst creating jobs in one of the poorest areas in Scandinavia. Jussi slowly discovers that he has been led astray by several people and that the new method has serious downsides he did not forsee. The mine is causing environmental hazards that are being hushed down. A new application for another permit is brough to his table by the same mine. Along with the application comes an interesting job offer and a chance of a new beginning. Jussi has to decide whether he will play along and if so, with whom.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2016-01-22
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Shades of Happiness
Overview: Story about human relationships, love and forgiveness.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2005-02-11
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Little Sister
Overview: Katri's husband has died in the Finnish Winter War. When the Continuation War begins, Katri volunteers to work in a Helsinki military hospital. She is courted by a patient, a poetry-reciting countryman bound to be released from service. In the same time, she dates old school friend Eero who even goes AWOL to be near her. As the war continues, Katri has to make difficult decisions about her life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1999-11-26
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