''Uuno Turhapuro – This Is My Life'' is a 2004

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film, made as a tribute to

Spede Pasanen Pertti Olavi "Spede" Pasanen (10 April 1930 – 7 September 2001) was a Finnish film director and producer, comedian, and inventor. During his career he directed, wrote, produced or acted in about 50 movies and participated in numerous TV p ...

. It is the twentieth and last installment in the

Uuno Turhapuro Uuno Turhapuro is a Finnish comedy character created by Spede Pasanen and played by Vesa-Matti Loiri. Originally appeared in ''Spede Show'' during 1971–1973, the character gained popularity through the Uuno Turhapuro films. Dramatis personae ...

film series.

Plot

Uuno disguises as an old man and infiltrates a

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for rich old people, where his father-in-law also lives. The ever-hungry Uuno is seduced by the table groaning with food, but as it happens, he never manages to be there at dinnertime. Meanwhile, Sörsselssön enters Uuno for a TV competition named ''This Is My Life'', where contestants tell about their life as viewers vote them either to continue or out of the show. The nursing home elderly watch on TV as Uuno tells the show's host his life story.

Production

After

died in 2001, a group led by Ere Kokkonen decided to make a final Turhapuro movie in remembrance of him. The plot is based on a common concept which Spede and Ere had of Uuno in a nursing home for the elderly. The film features much archival footage from prior entries in the series. Spede's character, Härski Hartikainen, appears exclusively through this material. Many Finnish celebrities can be seen doing

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, such as

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and

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External links

* Spede Pasanen 2000s Finnish-language films 2004 films 2004 comedy films Finnish comedy films Finnish sequel films {{Finland-film-stub