Jouko Puolanto
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Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland
Birthday: March 25, 1964
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Gender: Male
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Where Once We Walked
Overview: The stories of the aristocratic Lilliehjelm family, the middle-class Widing family and the poor Kajander family from the Finland's independence through the Civil War and the Roaring Twenties ending during the Second World War.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2011-10-28
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Death Is a Problem for the Living
Overview: The cheapest drivers in the hearse business, gambling addict Risto Kivi and his friend Arto Niska, an 85% brainless man, have found themselves in a situation where everything has gone wrong and a fresh start is needed.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2023-09-22
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A Mate
Overview: Pera wants to try something kinky in the bathroom, so he asks his mate to help him. However, Pera’s wife comes home a bit too soon…
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2008-10-24
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Everything In Between
Overview: "Everything In Between" follows a group of filmmakers that are passionate about their work. An intimate portrait of film making and the deep trust that develops in these exceptional circumstances.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2019-11-08
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Häät ennen hautajaisia
Overview: Wedding planner Joanna needs to find herself a fake boyfriend to cheer up her depressed father. As if on demand, an eccentric undertaker enters Joanna's life with her own motives for looking for a girlfriend. At the same time, Joanna receives some earth-shattering news and nothing can ever go back to the way it was.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2022-09-23
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Priest of Evil
Overview: Detective sergeant Timo Harjunpää of the Helsinki Violent Crime Unit loses his daughter in a tragic way. Despite the support of his closest colleague, Constable Onerva Nykänen, Harjunpää is unable to recover from the loss of his family. He seeks revenge against his daughter's killer, while in his work he investigates strange deaths in the Helsinki metro that turn out to be the work of a serial killer.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2010-10-29
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An Eye for an Eye
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Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1999-10-01
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Never Alone
Overview: 1942. The State of Finland has formed an alliance with Nazi Germany. An elderly man single-handedly tries to stop a secret attempt by the Finnish State Police to hand over Jewish refugees directly to the Gestapo.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2025-01-17
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Fucking Bunnies
Overview: Raimo’s comfortable, middle-class bubble is burst when a Satan-worshipping sex cult moves in next door.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2017-01-20
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Euthanizer
Overview: Euthanizer tells the story of a mechanic who euthanises sick and old pets as a side job. Despite the grim work, he has a soft spot for the animals. Trouble stirs when the owner of a dog he was supposed to end realises that the canine is still alive. The only innocent party in the drama that ensues is the dog itself.
Genres: Thriller Drama Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2017-11-24
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Dance on Thin Ice
Overview: Dance On Thin Ice tells the story of Felix, a twelve-year-old boy who is left to spend Christmas alone while his parents travel to India. A reluctant Felix ends up as an ice cream seller at a deserted swimming stadium, where the surface of the pool has frozen solid. But the swimming stadium is not completely deserted after all. Felix meets a dark-haired refugee girl called Fakira, whose parents were killed in a bombing in Syria.A dreamlike story where two young strangers to each other, a boy and a refugee girl, meet under unusual circumstances. Together, they make the impossible possible.Dance On Thin Ice is a story about alienation and the latent power of being different. The main characters of the film are misfits. In their own way, there is something “wrong” with them, but at the same time, something unique. Together, they right a wrong. The film shows the world through the eyes of a child, on a child’s terms. The themes of the film are tolerance and overcoming oneself.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2017-09-20
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Legacy
Overview: The meaning of life is a piece of cake.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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A Perfect Day
Overview: Police officer gets back to work after getting a wheelchair. Nothing is the same and even the gun must be given away.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2011-01-01
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A Mother
Overview: After getting released from prison, Eeva returns to her old home town with only a shoulder bag, cellphone and the clothes she is wearing. She wants to find her grown-up daughter, but the townspeople soon make it clear that she is not welcome.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2019-05-10
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Nimby: Not In My Backyard
Overview: Mervi is a gay girl living in the hipster quarters of Helsinki. She has been together with Kata for a year, and now they are encouraged by the circumstances to come out from closet. When they do, Mervi realises that she is not the only one in her family with secrets – her parents have been living in an open-bisexual-swinger-relationship for 20 years. On the other hand Kata is pretty surprised that she might be living with a hetero girl that once was dating a neo-nazi. And the ex-boy friend cannot swallow that Mervi is now with a person both of wrong color, and sex. The real threat appears when Kata’s parents arrive from Berlin and the local skinhead chief finds out that a black muslim celebrity politician has arrived to town.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2020-10-09
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8 Days to Premiere
Overview: A love story set in the world of theater. Romeo and Juliet is to be the season's grand premiere. Noora, the female lead in the play, breaks her leg at the kickoff party, and Laura, an actress who due to her debilitating stage fright has ended up as the prompter for the play, gets a chance of a lifetime. There are 8 days to the premiere.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2008-01-25
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Lapland Odyssey 2
Overview: It’s been three years since we last met Janne and Inari. Since then, they’ve had a daughter named Lumi. Janne and his friends experience a new adventure, this time on an autumn night. The boys go to a party but end up chasing Lumi who has disappeared. Meanwhile, Inari enjoys a girls-night-out and has an adventure of her own.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2015-09-30
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Lahja
Overview: A middle-aged woman wants a child and starts to look for a suitable father when she doesn't succeed in the plan with her husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1997-10-13
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A Patriotic Man
Overview: Every nation gets the heroes it deserves. A man with a special blood type is used as a device for human doping athletes skiing national team.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2013-12-04
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Vares: Gambling Chip
Overview: Jussi Vares falls in love with a beautiful brunette - only to lose her in a horrible way. After dating Sole a few weeks, her body is found in a bird-watching tower. The investigations come to a standstill, until Vares promises to solve a mystery of messy denunciation letters. Before the letters reveal their secret, a lot of things happen. A gun-for-hire, Stahanov, gets an assignment. Sole's brother finds his wife in the arms of a wrong man and goes on a rampage, accompanied by a black cat. In the end the clues lead to a familiar person and more death in unavoidable
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2012-03-16
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Lovemilla
Overview: Aimo and Milla live together at her alcoholics-turned-zombies parents' place, while saving money to move out. Due to his lack of self confidence, Aimo wastes their savings to turbo-boost his muscles, and eventually to turn himself into a robot. Milla doesn't like this new Aimo and leaves him. Aimo's heartache leads him to give up his heart for a metal one, one that doesn't hurt. Milla decides to steal Aimo heart: after all, a woman needs to have a man's heart. Lovemilla is an anarchic comedy trip, a story about love, robots and bodybuilding.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2015-02-06
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Hirtettyjen kettujen metsä
Overview: An alcoholic major Remes gets frustrated in the barracks and asks for a leave of absence. It is agreed to on the condition that Remes conducts one more military exercise. During that, Remes runs into a cunning career criminal Oiva Juntunen, who has hidden gold bars in the forest.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 1986-03-14
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