Kari Ketonen
Also Known As: Kari Mikael Ketonen
Biography: An actor, director and screenwriter, known for Lapland Odyssey (2010), Lapland Odyssey 2 (2015) and Protectors (2008). Graduated from the Helsinki Theatre Academy in 1997 as a Master of Theater Arts and has also completed a degree in psychotherapy.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Espoo, Finland
Adult: No
Birthday: August 16, 1971
Age: 53 years old
Gender: Male
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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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Sauna
Overview: It is 1595. Brutal wars have just ended in an uneasy peace between Protestant Sweden and Orthodox Russia. We focus on the spiritual defeats of two conquered Finnish brothers, one a hardened near-psychopathic war hero, the other a gentle scientist in an age with no use for such men. They find themselves in the swampy interior, demarcating the new border with a unit of sadistic Russians.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2008-10-17
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1944 The Final Defence
Overview: The Soviet army breaks through the Finnish defences on the Karelian Isthmus in June 1944, advancing with overwhelming force. Somehow, the Finnish troops must find the strength to fight back, with all odds against them. The Battle of Tali-Ihantala was the largest battle ever fought in the history of the Nordic countries. This film depicts the true events through five separate stories.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2007-12-07
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Eine Insel namens Udo
Overview: Udo is invisible - no one ever seems to notice him. He makes the most of it, working as a department store detective and living off other people's lives as they never notice him tagging along. Until he meets the one woman who sees him.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2011-06-16
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Silence
Overview: A drama between people under unconventional circumstances. In the Second World War Finland was the only nation who brought casualties killed-in-action back to be buried at home. These actions were carried out by men and women working in assembly centres near enemy lines. Silence is a story of a group of people in a limbo between life and death, in a mental no-man's- land, where heaven and hell, horror and joy, love and fear touch each other.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2011-12-09
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Pelicanman
Overview: Wanting to know the ways of people, a pelican turns into a gawky young man who soon learns to speak, thanks to his outstanding talent in imitation. He befriends Emil and Elsa, two children who--unlike adults--see that their new neighbor "Mr Berd" is not human but a big bird wearing a suit. The Pelican Man lands a job at the opera and falls in love with a pretty ballerina, looking so much like a bird herself. Troubles start when adults too find out about "Mr Berd's" ornithological origin.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Family
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2004-12-17
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Lapland Odyssey
Overview: Lapland Odyssey is a comedy about Janne, a man from Lapland in northern Finland, a man who has made a career out of living on welfare. Inari, his girlfriend, is tired of Janne's incapability of getting a grip on life, Janne wasn't even able to buy a digital TV box that Inari had given money for. Inari gives an ultimatum: a digital box needs to arrive by dawn or she leaves. Janne sets out into the night with his two friends to find a box. On their way to the city of Rovaniemi, Janne and his friends face many challenges, obstacles and temptations. They learn that they need to be daring. There's no room to give into bitterness. The most important thing isn't success, but rather the journey in itself.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2010-10-15
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Gourmet Club
Overview: "Gourmet Club" follows a doctor who belongs to a small but exclusive gourmet club, in which the five upper-class members take turns providing the main course, wagering as to who can identify a mystery exotic ingredient. Things get interesting when the doctor's gambling problem catches up with him. Desperate, he comes up with the idea to use a truly shocking mystery ingredient to fool his colleagues, but he gets more than he bargained for when the mystery meal has a surprising and powerful effect on the members.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2004-11-29
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Niko 2: Little Brother, Big Trouble
Overview: Set right before Christmas, young reindeer Niko must deal with his mother's remarriage and his being tasked with looking after his little stepbrother.
Genres: Animation Family Adventure Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2012-10-12
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Invisible Hero
Overview: 10-year-old Vinski feels like an outsider and invisible among his age-mates, and even with his single mother Krista. Vinski meets a mysterious pharmacist who gives him a bottle of magical powder. A powder, that allows you to become invisible for real and walk through walls. It is fantastic to have the powers of a super hero, but soon a group of crooks becomes interested in the secret of invisibility as well.
Genres: Family Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2021-12-22
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Luottomies-elokuva: All in
Overview: When Tommi doesn't get the promotion he was hoping for from his father-in-law Johan, he decides to get into the investment business to buy his dream house with his wife, Harriet. However, things are complicated by the fact that Tommi is easily fooled and the money from the old apartment, more than half a million euros, disappears in a pyramid scheme. When Tommi is in danger of losing Harriet for good, his loyal friend Juhis takes the reins. Juhis plans a rescue operation that kind of works.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2024-02-16
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Iron Sky: The Coming Race
Overview: 29 years after the events of Iron Sky, the former Nazi Moonbase has become the last refuge of mankind. Earth was devastated by a nuclear war, but buried deep under the wasteland lies a power that could save the last of humanity - or destroy it once and for all. An old enemy leads our heroes on an adventure into the Hollow Earth. To save humanity, they must battle the Vril, an ancient shapeshifting reptilian race, and their army of dinosaurs.
Genres: Action Comedy Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-01-25
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Nainen kedolla
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Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2003-10-27
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8-Ball
Overview: 8-Ball tells the story of single mother Pike who, having just been released from prison, is trying to start her life anew. When her former boyfriend Lalli comes back from abroad, it opens a window into a past that Pike wants to put behind her.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2013-02-22
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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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The Grump
Overview: A stubbornly traditional eighty-year-old farmer - whose social attitudes verge on the prehistoric - raises hell when he is forced to move in with his sadsack, city-dwelling son and domineering daughter-in-law.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2014-09-05
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Lapland Odyssey 3
Overview: In the third instalment of the franchise, Janne embarks on an epic hike, a journey of self-discovery. His dreams of a tranquil retreat into nature are quickly shattered however, when Räihänen and Kämäräinen both decide to come along for the trip. Meanwhile Janne’s spouse Inari gets the chance to go back to work, but only if she can prove she’s “management material” and a real leader. Inari enters the Swamp Soccer tournament, where to her horror she finds out her ex Little Mikko is also competing.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2017-08-23
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Kadonnut: Joulupukki
Overview: Four children have received an invitation to meet Santa Claus. They end up in a mystical Christmasland, where they find out that Santa Claus has disappeared! Will the children manage to find Santa in time and will Christmas be saved?
Genres: Fantasy Family
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2014-12-01
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Kaikki hyvin, Pekka
Overview: Pekka tries to accomplish absolute equality in one day.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2016-12-21
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Skene
Overview: Ella, a girl from the province, starts her freshman year at the Helsinki Business School. The capital's party scene introduces her to ecstasy, and together with her new friend Silja and boyfriend Jokke she can't help finding it an easy and lucrative business opportunity. The three soon develop an addiction not so much to the drug but to all the good things that the money can buy. But before long, reality bites back.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2004-01-12
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Täydellinen joulu
Overview: Woman whom have kids with 4 different guys invites her ex-husbands and kids to Christmas party.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2019-10-25
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The Potato Venture
Overview: A young Start-up entrepreneur tries to start importing potato to 17th century Finland. The new class of bourgeoisie is emerging and shaking up the stagnant spirit of the era. But nobody believes in potato, and the Turnip-Sellers Guild decides to squash the disturbance caused by the young entrepreneurs. In the end, the bumpy road of potatoes grows into mythical proportions.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2020-12-25
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Ella and Friends
Overview: A young girl and her friends try to save their small rural school from being demolished to make way for a race track.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Family
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2012-12-28
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The Renovation
Overview: A couple inherit a 'house of their dreams' and for a while they think they got lucky, but soon find themselves in the middle of a renovation nightmare.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2020-02-19
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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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Bad Women
Overview: Johanna, the hostess of the parish house, does her utmost to ensure that everything goes according to plan. There is no room for error. The last thing Johanna needs is a busload of uninvited guests knocking on the door of the parish house on the eve of an important wedding. However, a passing Russian party has had its car broken down and Johanna soon finds herself accommodating the party at the parish house. Johanna's brother is tasked with fixing the car to get the guests on the road and out of the way quickly. Her brother's entrepreneurial friend, on the other hand, sees great opportunities in the situation and decides to act. The clock ticks, the car won't start, the wedding ceremony is about to begin and the recipe for disaster is in motion.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2022-02-25
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Wedding of the Century
Overview: A celebrity psychiatrist struggles to find a date for a wedding. Her dearest ex is getting married and she needs to find someone fancy enough to hide the fact that she is lonely, drinks too much and is pretty fucked up in any imaginable way.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fi
Release Date: 2021-10-15
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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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Wingman 2
Overview: Juhis' innocent Tinder dates abroad lead to a snowball effect that engulfs the entire familiar Wingman's inner circle.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fi
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