''Pirtua, pirtua'' is a 1991 Finnish drama movie directed by

Visa Mäkinen Visa Mäkinen (born 28 March 1945 in Pori, Finland) is a Finland, Finnish film director, film producer, actor and screen writer. He has directed and produced films such as the 1983 James Bond parody, spoof ''Agentti 000 ja kuoleman kurvit, Agent ...

. The plot consists of a young man fighting against bootleggers in his home village during Finnish prohibition. The movie, which was Visa Mäkinen's first attempt at a serious movie, ended up a box office flop, with only 1,650 tickets sold and caused losses of a million

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. Mäkinen gave up on making movies as a result. When ''Pirtua, Pirtua'' aired on the Finnish television channel

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in May 1995, it was seen by 287,000 viewers. In June 2001, another 180,000 television viewers saw the movie.

Critical reception

In the movie guide ''Video-opas'' in 1994, critic Olavi Similä praises the depiction of the subject matter, but finds the content mediocre, giving the movie a grade of two starts out of five.

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* 1991 films Finnish crime drama films 1991 crime thriller films Finnish thriller films 1990s Finnish-language films 1990s Finnish films {{finland-film-stub