Movies: Esa Vuorinen

  • 1980
    Milka: A Film About Taboos

    Milka: A Film About Taboos (1980)

    Milka: A Film About Taboos

    5.81980HD

    Based on a novel by the late Finnish writer Timo Mukka, this simple story focuses on what happens when Milka (Irma Huntus), a girl barely out of childhood, gets pregnant by Ojanen (Matti Turunen) a rustic fieldhand. Her own mother had been hoping to ...

    Milka: A Film About Taboos
  • 1985
    The Unknown Soldier

    The Unknown Soldier (1985)

    The Unknown Soldier

    71985HD

    Second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the Finnish army during the so called "Continuation War" (1941-1944)....

    The Unknown Soldier
  • 1997
    Ogifta par ...en film som skiljer sig

    Ogifta par ...en film som skiljer sig (1997)

    Ogifta par ...en film som skiljer sig

    5.41997HD

    Marie and David are always arguing while their friends Sara and Samuel always seem to be happy together. Or are they? This year they decide to spend Christmas in the mountains together....

    Ogifta par ...en film som skiljer sig
  • 1993
    The Dream House

    The Dream House (1993)

    The Dream House

    5.21993HD

    Göran buys a house in a suburb. It is in need of some repairs, but Göran believes himself capable of repairing it himself with the help of some cheap craftsmen. However, the house is much worse than he thought. At the same time, a gang of crooks is s...

    The Dream House
  • 2007
    The Border

    The Border (2007)

    The Border

    5.12007HD

    The young man must set up a clear border between Finland and Russia, white and red, enemy and friend, us and them. While the task seems clear he finds out the execution of his command in concrete situations is very difficult. Right choices turn out t...

    The Border
  • 1990
    Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg

    Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg (1990)

    Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg

    6.11990HD

    Swedish account of Raoul Wallenberg, the man responsible for the largest rescue of Jews during World War II....

    Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg
  • 2024
    Not Withholding Anything from You

    Not Withholding Anything from You (2024)

    Not Withholding Anything from You

    02024HD

    How do artists view their own work? How does actor Esko Salminen immerse himself in his roles, how does the writer/director Saara Turunen create a whole new world for the stage, and why does musician PK Keränen pick up his guitar time and time again?...

    Not Withholding Anything from You
  • 1988
    In the Shadow of the Raven

    In the Shadow of the Raven (1988)

    In the Shadow of the Raven

    5.61988HD

    Trausti returns to Iceland just in time to be entangled in a family feud over a stranded whale-cadaver. His mother (the family head) is mortally wounded and Grim kills Erikur; the other clan leader. Isold, daughter of Erikur now takes his place. Isol...

    In the Shadow of the Raven
  • 1992
    The Well

    The Well (1992)

    The Well

    4.41992HD

    This very serious drama, based on a true incident, explores the unremitting labor which put a young mother living in rural isolation into the situation of being charged with having thrown her children down a well. Her husband is an unimaginative, wor...

    The Well
  • 1999
    Deadly Drift

    Deadly Drift (1999)

    Deadly Drift

    4.31999HD

    A present-day thriller about a man with a needle in his brain. This needle poisons his mind and tortures him with morbid thoughts and an urge to kill. When he finally commits a murder there is a witness, who is drawn into a deadly game of cat and mou...

    Deadly Drift
  • 2000
    Swedish Beauty

    Swedish Beauty (2000)

    Swedish Beauty

    52000HD

    The arrival of a beautiful new stranger in town prompts two boys to spend their summer holidays enticing the young woman to act in a short-film. However their motivation is purely that of seeing her naked....

    Swedish Beauty
  • 1978
    Päivä ennen

    Päivä ennen (1978)

    Päivä ennen

    41978HD

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    Päivä ennen
  • 1990
    Paradise America

    Paradise America (1990)

    Paradise America

    41990HD

    Finnish friends escape taxes to Florida....

    Paradise America
  • 1999
    Fatimas tredje hemlighet

    Fatimas tredje hemlighet (1999)

    Fatimas tredje hemlighet

    2.51999HD

    - Now I will read some poetry for you all. The conditions are as follows: If during my reading I notice the least sign of disinterest, a yawn or a cough or a gesture of impatience, I will immediately terminate the reading. Poetry, like all deeper hum...

    Fatimas tredje hemlighet
  • 1986
    Linna

    Linna (1986)

    Linna

    4.71986HD

    Based on Franz Kafka's famous novel, director Jaakko Pakkasvirta created this interpretation of the woebegone Josef K., who is trapped in an ever-increasing labyrinth of double talk and bureaucratic nonsense in his efforts to reach the castle. As Jos...

    Linna
  • 1969
    Vodkaa, komisario Palmu

    Vodkaa, komisario Palmu (1969)

    Vodkaa, komisario Palmu

    5.51969HD

    A TV reporter is murdered when he is eavesdropping on a secret Finnish-Soviet conference. The National Broadcasting Corporation enlists the help of police lieutenant Palmu, who comes out of retirement for this case. However, some have their doubts ab...

    Vodkaa, komisario Palmu
  • 1986
    The Undressing

    The Undressing (1986)

    The Undressing

    4.41986HD

    ...

    The Undressing
  • 2010
    Dear Alice

    Dear Alice (2010)

    Dear Alice

    5.82010HD

    Very different lives, becomes interweaved during what seems like an ordinary day. Franzis Namazi is a newly arrived immigrant from Gambia to Sweden. He is about to give up on his little store selling African art. Karin Carlsson-Said is a lawyer who i...

    Dear Alice
  • 1978
    Poet and Muse

    Poet and Muse (1978)

    Poet and Muse

    4.51978HD

    Semi-fictitious biopic of Finnish poet Eino Leino, made with a large budget to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth. The film concentrates on his relationships with first wife Freya Schoultz and later muse, poetess L. Onerva. His friends incl...

    Poet and Muse
  • 1982
    Ulvova mylläri

    Ulvova mylläri (1982)

    Ulvova mylläri

    5.51982HD

    The main character is a miller, who sometimes acts strangely but is otherwise a goodhearted hardworking honest man. He sometimes keeps the villagers up all night by howling. Finally the villagers decide that the miller has to be committed into a ment...

    Ulvova mylläri