The best Jonna Järnefelt’s movies
Today we present the best Jonna Järnefelt’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Jonna Järnefelt’s movies.
The Eternal Road
7.1/10
Based on true events an epic story of one man's struggle for survival. Jussi Ketola, returns to Finland from the great depression struck America only to face growing political unrest. One summer night of 1930, nationalist thugs violently abduct Ketola from his home. Beaten and forced to walk the Eternal Road towards a foreign Soviet Russia, where cruelty seems to know no end, his only dream is to return to his family cost it what it may. Hope dies last.
Bad Boys
6.2/10
The story bases on four Finnish brothers, nicknamed 'the Eura Daltons' who received nation-wide notoriety for tearing gas pumps apart when they needed cash. The cast is an impressive one: the brothers are portrayed by Peter Franzen, Lauri Nurkse, Niko Saarela and Jasper Pääkkönen while their really evil father is played by Vesa-Matti Loiri, one of the grand old men of Finnish cinema.
Pelican Man
5.9/10
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.
Johan Falk: Organizatsija Karayan
6.6/10
Johan Falk's stepdaughter Nina has gotten in contact with her biological father, Orjan, discovering that he is in debt to an Estonian construction company in Gothenburg, leading to Nina's kidnapping.
Illusioner
5/10
Christer lives in a small town, he is a recently divorced taxi driver and church-yard attendant. He leads a dull small-town existence. But then a young couple arrives, Marie and Erik, and Christer starts a new life. He finds the mysterious Marie totally bewitching. She is a paralysed beauty, a double nature who is only able to talk and move her head. With an insurance fraud in the background the story turns into an erotic triangle drama.
Other Girls
5.9/10
Other Girls tells the story of four young girls nearing graduation, all of them struggling with various issues.
Above Dark Waters
6.6/10
A ravishing story about little Pete and his survival and growth in the gray area between love and fear.
Under the North Star
6.9/10
Based on the novel by Väinö Linna, the story takes place during the time of the Finnish Civil War.
The Singer
5.4/10
The Singer is a film about the all-time favourite singer in Finland, Olavi Virta. A man who rose from poverty all the way to the top and became an artist who was dearly loved by the Finnish people. A man who loved beautiful women and was loved by beautiful women. A man who enjoyed speed, American cars, applause and alcohol and who finally lost everything but his unique voice.
Talvisydän
5/10
The Faceless Man
4.7/10
A heavily indebted construction entrepreneur (Tom Pöysti) robs a bank in Jakomäki, Helsinki. He takes two officers (Jonna Järnefelt and Stina Rautelin) and one customer (Dominic Landon) hostage from the bank. In addition to himself, the desperate robber threatens to blow up the hostages if the police who left to follow them try to prevent the escape.
Prime Minister
5.3/10
A Finnish drama about the short term of Finland's first female prime minister, Anneli Jäätteenmäki.
Abandoned Houses, Empty Homes
5.5/10
A war movie that takes place in Finnish Karelia in 1944.
