Aino-Maija Tikkanen

A Finnish TV movie.

Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), cerca de 80.000 niños fueron evacuados desde Finlandia a países neutrales como Suecia, Dinamarca y Noruega. Tras la muerte de su padre en la guerra, Eero, un niño de nueve años, es enviado a Suecia. Allí, lejos de su madre, deberá aprender a vivir en un nuevo país, con una lengua extraña y con una familia que no es la suya. Nominada por Finlandia a la mejor película de habla no inglesa. (FILMAFFINITY)

The title of the Finnish film Elokuu translates to August. Directed by Matti Kassila, one of Finland's premiere filmmakers, Elokuu was adapted from a novel by Nobel prize winning finnish author F.E. Sillanpää. Simply put, the story concerns the decline and fall of a once-proud family, thanks to the alcoholism of its paterfamilias. Toivo Makela delivers a powerfully effective performance as the inebriated protagonist, avoiding the usual "drunken" cliches. The overlong running time, coupled with the downbeat nature of the subject, limited the film's worldwide appeal.

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.

Antti and Ville arrive in Stockholm to seek adventure, to entertain, to meet girls and to live in a new youth culture. However, when they get off the ship, they get into the wrong track and come across prostitution and drug crime.

A Western comedy about the adventures of Tundra-Tauno in Pohjola and in the village of Utopila which ruled by a greedy mayor.

A psychological drama of a young student who is haunted by the nightmares of the past: he has witnessed his parents committing a double-suicide. He starts to date a girl with fateful consequences.

A story about an upper-class student and a poor servant girl who fall in love despite everyone being against it.