The best Pertti Koivula’s movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Pertti Koivula’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Pertti Koivula.
Niko 2: Little Brother, Big Trouble
5.6/10
Set right before Christmas, Niko the reindeer must deal with his mom getting re-married and his being tasked with looking after his little stepbrother.
Princess
6.2/10
Princess tells the true story of former cabaret dancer Anna Lappalainen's redemptive struggle with insanity, who checked in to Finland's Kellokoski Psychiatric Hospital in 1945.
Sergeant Körmy and the Marshall's Stick
5.4/10
The colonel's wife's tin pints need to be cleaned up, and Sergeant First Class Körmy tasks two privates to do so.
The Unknown Soldier
7.4/10
Second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the Finnish army during the so called "Continuation War" (1941-1944).
The Rose of the Rascal
6.5/10
The life of Irwin Goodman, a Finnish singer.
Badding
5.9/10
The life of Rauli "Badding" Somerjoki, a Finnish singer.
Sergeant Körmy and the Underwater Vehicles
4.8/10
Sergeant Friman is developing an automatic submarine detector that piques the interest of both, Swedish and Russian spies.
A Summer by the River
6.4/10
Topi's mother, who is also Tenho's wife dies and Tenho and Topi have to move out from the town because they don't have enough money to pay their rent. Tenho gets a job as a lumberjack (which by the way is the title in Finnish). The movie tells the story about Tenho and his 10 years old son who both have to grow up in the same summer. Written by Mikko Saranen
White Snow
5.4/10
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.
The Last Wedding
6.6/10
Pekka (Martti Suosalo) arrives back to his home village of Jerusalem to celebrate the last wedding of the village. His own marriage seems to have reached a dead end. The people of the village gather to prepare for the event, and the bitter spectrum of all human life, with its joys and sorrows, is condensed into one summer's day. Written and directed by Markku Pölönen, based on Heikki Turunen's book, as a swan song for a lifestyle that ended with the emigration of the 1970s.
Frozen Heart
5.4/10
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.
Prime Minister
5.3/10
A Finnish drama about the short term of Finland's first female prime minister, Anneli Jäätteenmäki.
I Hired Two Contract Cleaners
7.3/10
The Land of Happiness
6.8/10
Nostalgic comedy set in the early 1960s, when the tango was all the rage. The "prodigal son" Tenho returns from his unlucky adventures in the city back to his parents' farm. Tenho becomes the laughing stock of local men until he scores the hottest girl in the village. A hot romance flares up between Tenho and the sensuous milkmaid Virva, accompanied by popular Finnish tango tunes.
Johanneksen leipäpuu
7.5/10
Manical portrait of a small businessman.
Perkele
7.6/10
'Perkele' is a finely tuned comedy about Finnish men. All the three episodes of the film take place in the countryside of wintry Finland. It's a place filled with snow and silent people trying to endure the winter
Vääpeli Körmy ja kahtesti laukeava
4.2/10
New takeover plans and Russian art thief looking for Mannerheim's portraits keep Sergeant Körmy busy.
