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Addiction (film)
''Addiction'' ( fi, Levottomat 3) is a 2004 Finnish romantic drama film directed by Minna Virtanen. It is the last film in the ''Restless'' trilogy, preceded by '' Restless'' (2000) and ''Me and Morrison'' (2001). ''Addiction'' received a lot of criticism. It has been described as two-dimensional and "peeping entertainment". Cast Source: * Mi Grönlund as Jonna * Nicke Lignell as Niklas * Jasper Pääkkönen as Aleksi * Amira Khalifa as Nora * Hanna Karjalainen as Helena * Saija Lentonen as Sanna * Jukka Puotila Jukka Puotila (born 9 September 1955) is a Finnish actor and impersonator. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1981. In television, he is best known as Pertti Mäkimaa in Yle TV1's drama series ''Kotikatu'' (1995–2012). He has imitated ... as Herman * Miska Kaukonen as Mika References External links * Films set in Finland Films shot in Finland 2004 romantic drama films 2004 films Finnish romantic drama films 2000s Finnish-language films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markus Selin
Markus Selin (born 16 March 1960) is a Finnish television and film producer. Career Selin was born in Vihti. His first feature was conceived in the mid-1980s. At a party in Los Angeles, he was introduced to fellow Finn Renny Harlin. The two collaborated on a script about three Americans vacationing in Finland who cross the border into the Soviet Union. They approached Chuck Norris to star and he initially agreed but later had to pull out after the production was delayed due to financing problems. His son Mike Norris took over the lead. Selin and Harlin funded the first part of production themselves and then shopped around with the resulting 20-minute demo reel. Selin was eventually able to secure co-production financing from the U.S. for what became the most expensive film ever produced in Finland. Under the terms of the deal Selin held on to the Finnish distribution rights. However, upon completion in 1986 the film was banned by the Finnish government, fearing that its anti-S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasper Pääkkönen
Joona Jasper Pääkkönen (; born 15 July 1980) is a Finnish film actor and entrepreneur. Following a two-decade-plus career in Finnish movies, Pääkkönen's international breakthrough role came in 2015 in the historical drama television series ''Vikings'' (2016–2018; 2020) as Halfdan the Black. His next roles were in Spike Lee's comedy-drama film ''BlacKkKlansman'' (2018) and in the war drama film ''Da 5 Bloods'' (2020). Early life Pääkkönen was born in Helsinki, Finland, the son of actor Seppo Pääkkönen and Virve Havelin. His uncle Antti Pääkkönen is also an actor, and is a prolific voice actor. Already as a child, Pääkkönen was a theater assistant and attended Kallio Upper Secondary School of Performing Arts in Kallio, Helsinki. When Pääkkönen was 17, he spent a year in Maryland as an exchange student at Baltimore’s Owings Mills High School during the 1997–98 school year. Career Pääkkönen's first film role was in ''The Glory and Misery of Human Life'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Films
2004 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. ''Shrek 2'' was the year's top-grossing film, and '' Million Dollar Baby'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Evaluation of the year Renowned American film critic and professor Emanuel Levy described 2004 as "a banner year for actors, particularly men." He went on to emphasize, "I can't think of another year in which there were so many good performances, in every genre. It was a year in which we saw the entire spectrum of demographics displayed on the big screen, from vet actors such as Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman, to seniors such as Pacino, De Niro, and Hoffman, to newcomers such as Topher Grace. As always, though, the center of the male acting pyramid is occupied by actors in their forties and fifties, such as Sean Penn, Johnny Depp, Liam Neeson, Kevin Kline, Don Cheadle, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Romantic Drama Films
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest composite number, its proper divisors being and . Four is the sum and product of two with itself: 2 + 2 = 4 = 2 x 2, the only number b such that a + a = b = a x a, which also makes four the smallest squared prime number p^. In Knuth's up-arrow notation, , and so forth, for any number of up arrows. By consequence, four is the only square one more than a prime number, specifically three. The sum of the first four prime numbers two + three + five + seven is the only sum of four consecutive prime numbers that yields an odd prime number, seventeen, which is the fourth super-prime. Four lies between the first proper pair of twin primes, three and five, which are the first two Fermat primes, like seventeen, which is the third. On the other ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Shot In Finland
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Set In Finland
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jukka Puotila
Jukka Puotila (born 9 September 1955) is a Finnish actor and impersonator. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1981. In television, he is best known as Pertti Mäkimaa in Yle TV1's drama series ''Kotikatu'' (1995–2012). He has imitated several famous Finnish people, such as Sauli Niinistö, Paavo Väyrynen, Timo Soini, Antero Mertaranta, Carl-Erik Creutz, Raimo Ilaskivi, Tommi Mäkinen and Seppo Kääriäinen Seppo Arimo Kääriäinen (born 29 March 1948 in Iisalmen maalaiskunta) is a Finland, Finnish politician of the Centre Party (Finland), Centre Party and Doctor in Social Sciences. He served as the Minister of Defence (Finland), Minister of Defenc .... Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Puotila, Jukka 1955 births Living people Finnish male film actors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanna Karjalainen
Hanna Maria Karjalainen (born 8 July 1980 in Oulu) became known in 2003 when she won the ''Haluatko filmitähdeksi'' (''Do You Want To Be A Film Star?'') competition, where the prize was the central role in the film ''Levottomat 3''. Karjalainen acted in the 2004 movie, but the role was more minor than promised. Before that, Karjalainen had acted in a minor role in the 2001 film ''Rölli ja metsänhenki''. Karjalainen is a University of Jyväskylä graduate. From 2006 to 2009, Karjalainen acted in the MTV3 soap series ''Salatut elämät'', where she played Laura Kiviranta Laura may refer to: People * Laura (given name) * Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cnockaert Places Australia * Laura, Queensland, a town on the Cape York Peninsula * Laura, South Australia * Laura Bay, a bay on ...'s talkative cousin Salla Laitela (former Tervajoki, née Mattila). Karjalainen has recorded R&B music with an alias "HannaB". References 1980 births Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicke Lignell
Niclas Christoffer “Nicke” Lignell (born 24 June 1966 in Bromarv, Southern Finland) is a Finnish actor, who has appeared in many TV shows and movies. In addition to his acting career, he writes a regular column for the Finnish newspaper '' Iltalehti'' and does voiceovers. His wife, the violinist Raakel Lignell, is also a celebrity in her own right. Together they have 5 children. On 30 December 2006, the car Lignell and his mother were travelling in was hit in Ekenäs by a drunk driver who blew 0.241% on a breathalyzer test. After being cut out of the car he was driving, Lignell was whisked away to Töölö Hospital in Helsinki for surgery along with the drunk driver. Lignell was then put in the ICU to recover from a skull fracture and cerebral hemorrhage. Lignell hosts the Finnish version of '' Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?'' quiz show. Filmography *''Party'' *''Fem skott i senaten'' (''Five shots in the Senate'') *''Akvaariorakkaus'' (''Love in a Fish Bowl'') * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leena Lehtolainen
Leena Katriina Lehtolainen (born 11 March 1964) is a Finnish crime novelist, best known for her series of novels about the policewoman Maria Kallio. Lehtolainen was born in Vesanto, Northern Savonia. Her first novel was released when she was only 12 years old. She studied literature in Helsinki until 1995 and wrote crime novels from 1993 on. Since about 2007 she has written other genres of books. Her works have been translated into various languages: Spanish, Dutch, Chinese, Lithuanian, Polish, French, Swedish, German, Estonian, Czech. Leena Lehtolainen is married to Mikko Lensu and she has two children (Konsta Johannes, born in 1991 and Otso Olavi born in 1994). She lives in Degerby, west of Helsinki. Awards and honours Lehtolainen won the Finnish crime novel society yearly prize in 1997 and 1998. She received the Espoo city Award of Arts in 2000, and was nominated for the Glass Key award The Glass Key award ( sv, Glasnyckeln, da, Glasnøglen, no, Glassnøkkelen, fi, Las ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Me And Morrison
''Me and Morrison'' ( fi, Minä ja Morrison) is a 2001 Finnish romantic drama film directed by Lenka Hellstedt. The film is based on the novel ''Minä ja Morrison'' by Katariina Souri and is the second film in the ''Restless'' trilogy, preceded by '' Restless'' (2000) and followed by ''Addiction'' (2004). Cast * Irina Björklund as Milla * Samuli Edelmann as Aki * Roope Karisto as Joonas * Eva Röse as Sophie * Titta Jokinen as Milla's mother * Yorick van Wageningen as Jan * Baltasar Kormákur as Askildsen * Irina Pulkka as a travel agency clerk * Maija-Liisa Márton as Kerttu, Aki's mother Reception Gunnar Rehlin of ''Variety'' praised Irina Bjorklund for her "knockout performance", saying that "hisis enough f a reasonto see this Finnish drama about two loners who find each other but realize it's difficult to stop the spiral from continuing downward". Awards ;Jussi Awards The Jussi Awards are Finland's premier film industry prizes, awarded annually to recognize the achieve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Restless (2000 Film)
''Restless'' ( fi, Levottomat) is a Finnish romantic film directed by Aku Louhimies and released in 2000. It was entered into the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival. The sex scenes in the film sparked uproar and disapproval from the audience and critics after the release. Critic Antti Lindqvist wrote in '' Katso'' (5/2000) that the director throws more sex position scenes and naked women and men on the screen more than anyone since Lauri Törhönen's 1986 film ''The Undressing''. – ''Episodi'' (in Finnish) ''Restless'' was followed by '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
