John Reed (1887-1920) es un legendario periodista y revolucionario americano, pionero del socialismo en Estados Unidos. Corresponsal en la revolución mexicana y la 1ª guerra mundial, es famoso por ser testigo directo de la Revolución de Octubre, que plasmó en su libro 'Diez días que estremecieron al mundo'. Convencido por aquellos acontecimientos, luchó por extender el bolchevismo en EEUU, y trabajó para la Komintern en la Rusia soviética. En 'Rojos', Warren Beatty escribe, produce, dirige y protagoniza un drama épico sobre su vida y la de su compañera —también escritora— Louise Bryant (Diane Keaton). Con su romance como excusa, la película es un maravilloso retrato de la América de 1912-19, desde la vida bohemia de los artistas del Greenwich Village de Nueva York, al incipiente sindicalismo revolucionario de la Industrial Workers of the World, el movimiento antibélico o la fundación del comunismo americano, salpicado de un toque documental con entrevistas a testigos de aquella era.
A former Red Rebellion leader returns home after being imprisoned for his participation in the Finnish Civil War, but soon finds out that wartime mindsets still linger in the heads of people.
Aging professor of mathematics completes his life's work, a research project that has taken him decades, and climbs up from the boiler room (his study) and back to real life. He can hardly recognize his rebellious teenage kids and materialistic wife who hardly seem to notice his existence. The only person who is interested in the professor's work is Marja, his son's girlfriend and freshman at the university. An innocent infatuation flares up between the old man and the young girl, while the professor's family is only interested in the prize money awarded to the professor by an international jury for his academic achievements.
Grandmother Helena Junkkeri is working on a farm that her widowed son Arttu is unable to take on. Taina Raitalo who arrives at the house as a childminder makes the grieving man smile again, and Artu's little sister Päivi in turn delights the entire Junkkeri family with her achievements.
Evakko is a portrayal of Soviet-Finnish winter war of 1939/40 and the associated evacuations in different parts of the country. It tells the story of a Karelian family along with their whole village who were forced to leave their homes because of the war. The film has a surprisingly perky tone for the subject matter.
