The best Pertti Sveholm’s comedy movies
We present our ranking of the best Pertti Sveholm’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Pertti Sveholm.
Hamlet Goes Business
6.9/10
A bizarre black-and-white film noir reworking of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'.
The Man Without a Past
7.6/10
A man arrives in Helsinki and gets beaten up so severely he develops amnesia. Unable to remember his name or anything from his past life, he cannot get a job or an apartment, so he starts living on the outskirts of the city and slowly starts putting his life back on track.
The Classic
6.9/10
A self-loving fictional autobiography of author Kari Hotakainen.
Upswing
6.6/10
Katri and Janne want to make a trip, which none of their friends have made. They end up in Jakomäki.
Calamari Union
6.9/10
Calamari Union is an allegorical movie that tells the story of sixteen men all of whom are called Frank (inspired by Frank Armoton) apart from a single confrere, Pekka. Collectively the Franks and Pekka are unhappy with the perceived oppression they face in their district of Helsinki, Kallio, and decide to move to another, Eira, imagining it to be an unspoiled place where people can live lives of dignity. The journey is an ironic one given that both districts are not so far apart. In this spirit, their journey across the city takes on epic proportions with each of the travellers gradually falling by the wayside due to such travails as marriage, work, and death. In its entirety the film is a wry discussion of humanity within a system that regards humans as subservient components.
Road North
6.4/10
A father who was absent for 30 years of his son's life returns and wants to set on a journey through Finland, so they can learn to know each other again.
The House of Branching Love
6.4/10
A sort of "Divorce Finnish Style," Mika Kaurismäki's rambunctious comedy, The House of Branching Love , recounts the breakup of a thirty-something professional couple - Juhani, a family therapist, and his wife, Tuula, a successful business trainer.
Reunion 3: Singles Cruise
3.7/10
The approaching baptism of his ex-wife's new baby destroys Antti's ability to function and puts him in catatonic state. Tuomas and Nippe take action to cheer him up and decide to take him on a singles cruise.
Dolly and Her Lover
6.3/10
One Foot Under
5.6/10
Visa Vuorio (Tobias Zilliacus), a 35-year old team leader at the Helsinki city gardening department, is suffering from a terminal neurological disease and only has a few months to live. Because of this, he is a member of a therapeutical support group for people suffering from terminal diseases. Visa's life changes when a young female reporter, Hanna Manninen (Helena Vierikko), arrives at the support group offering to write a series of articles about Visa's life story.
Romanssi
4.5/10
A woman meets a man who tells her that they have known each other 11 years ago and wishes to take her out. Woman does not recall him and in her mind she thinks back and goes through several random meetings from the past, yet he does not seem to be any of those men from her past. Woman continues the relationship and tries to solve the mystery, which at the end is revealed.
The King Goes Forth to France
4.7/10
Finnish film from 1986.
