''Trench Road'' ( fi, Juoksuhaudantie) is a 2004 Finnish drama film directed by

Veikko Aaltonen Veikko Aaltonen (born 1 December 1955 in Sääksmäki, Finland) is a Finnish director, editor, sound editor, production manager and film and television writer and actor. Aaltonen began his career in the mid-1970s working as a sound editor on v ...

. Based on the Nordic Council's Literature Prize-winning novel ''

Juoksuhaudantie ''Juoksuhaudantie'' is a 2002 novel by Finnish author Kari Hotakainen. It won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize The Nordic Council Literature Prize is awarded for a work of literature written in one of the languages of the Nordic countries, ...

'' by

Kari Hotakainen Kari Hotakainen (born 9 January 1957 in Pori, Finland) is a Finnish writer. Hotakainen started his writing career as a reporter in Pori. In 1986, he moved to Helsinki. He became a full-time writer in 1996. He has two children with his wife, soun ...

, the film is about a man who tries to get his wife and daughter back by buying a house. Kari Väänänen won the

Jussi Award The Jussi Awards are Finland's premier film industry prizes, awarded annually to recognize the achievements of directors, actors, and writers. History The first Jussi Awards ceremony was held on 16 November 1944 at the Restaurant Adlon in Hels ...

for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the

real estate agent A real estate agent or real estate broker is a person who represents sellers or buyers of real estate or real property. While a broker may work independently, an agent usually works under a licensed broker to represent clients. Brokers and agen ...

Jarmo Kesämaa.

Eero Aho Eero-Matti Aho (born 26 January 1968) is a Finnish actor who has appeared on stage, in films and on television. He plays Antero Rokka in film '' The Unknown Soldier'' (2017), and stars as Inspector Koskinen in the crime television series ''Lakesid ...

and

Tiina Lymi Tiina Inkeri Lymi (born 3 September 1971 in Tampere) is a Finnish actress, director, screenwriter and author. She received a Jussi Award as the Best Leading Actress for her work in the 1993 film ''Akvaariorakkaus''. Early life and education Tii ...

were nominated for Jussi Awards for

Best Actor Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play. The term most often refers to th ...

and Best Actress.

Cast

as Matti Virtanen *

as Helena Virtanen *

Ella Aho Ella may refer to: * Ella (name), most often a feminine given name, but also used as a surname Places United States * Ella, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Ella, Oregon, an unincorporated community * Ella, Pennsylvania, an unincorporate ...

as Sini Virtanen * Kari Väänänen as Jarmo Kesämaa * Esko Pesonen as Taisto Oksanen *

Aake Kalliala Aarne "Aake" Kalliala (born 5 October 1950, Heinola) is a Finnish actor. He is best known for appearing on comedy-sketch shows such as ''Pulttibois'' (with Pirkka-Pekka Petelius). Partial filmography * ''Hamlet Goes Business'' (''Hamlet liikemaail ...

as the foreman Siikavire *

Eeva Litmanen EEVA, ''Eesti vanema kirjanduse digitaalne tekstikogu'' (Estonian for 'Digital Text Repository for Older Estonian Literature'), is a project of the University of Tartu Library, Department of Literature and Folklore of the University of Tartu and ...

as Senior Constable Kalliolahti *

Matleena Kuusniemi Matleena Kuusniemi (born 24 September 1973) is a Finnish actress. She attended the Helsinki Theatre Academy in the 1990s, and has since starred in several films and on television. Kuusniemi is known for her role as Pauliina Sorjonen in the televi ...

as Sirkku *

Kaija Pakarinen Kaija is a contemporary feminine personal name thought to have arisen as a Finnic variant of the Katrin, or alternatively from Katariina. Among the people who share this name are: * Kaija Aarikka (1929-2014), Finnish designer * Kaija Juurikkala ...

as Merja Kesämaa *

Katariina Kaitue Katariina Kaitue (born 21 January 1967 in Helsinki) is a Finnish actress. She has been a regular actress since 1991 at the Finnish National Theatre, where she has performed dozens of roles. Kaitue studied at the Helsinki Theatre Academyi from 1 ...

as Riitta Laakio *

Eila Roine Eila Orvokki Roine (born 26 November 1931 in Turku) is a Finnish actress. She worked for Tampereen Työväen Teatteri from 1951 until her retirement in 1994. On television Eila Roine is best known for her role as Kaija in a television series ''H ...

as Martta Oksanen

References

External links

* 2004 drama films Films based on Finnish novels Films set in Finland Films shot in Finland Finnish drama films {{Finland-film-stub