Direction: Pirjo Honkasalo
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Pirjo Honkasalo. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Melancholian 3 huonetta
2004 · Documentary · 106 min. · Finland
Direction Pirjo Honkasalo
Cast Pirkko Saisio
6.6
48 votes
6.6
48 votes
Concrete Night
2013 · Movie · 96 min. · Finland
Direction Pirjo Honkasalo
Cast Johannes Brotherus · Jari Virman · Anneli Karppinen · Juhan Ulfsak
Plot A fourteen-year-old boy in a stifling Helsinki slum takes some unwise life lessons from his soon-to-be-incarcerated older brother, in Finnish master Pirjo Honkasalo’s gorgeously stylized and emotionally devastating work about...
5.9
121 votes
5.9
121 votes
Ito: A Diary of an Urban Priest
2009 · Documentary · 117 min. · Finland
Direction Pirjo Honkasalo
Plot The documentary narrates the story of a young Buddhist priest, and his fervent search for the meaning of life amid oppressive dreams, back alleys of the city and the darkness...
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Atman
1997 · Documentary · 76 min. · Finland
Direction Pirjo Honkasalo
Plot A documentary story about a man and his companion's journey up the river Ganga (Ganges) in India.
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Tulipää
1980 · Movie · 155 min. · Finland
Direction Pirjo Honkasalo · Pekka Lehto
Cast Asko Sarkola · Rea Mauranen · Kari Franck · Ari Suonsuu
Plot The life of early 20th century author, journalist, and revolutionary Algot Untola (also known as Maiju Lassila, Irmari Rantamala and under several more pseudonyms), one of the most enigmatic figures...
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Tulennielijä
1998 · Movie · 100 min. · Finland
Direction Pirjo Honkasalo
Cast Elina Hurme · Tiina Weckström · Elena Leeve · Elsa Saisio
Plot The twin sisters Helena and Irene are born in Helsinki during World War II. A few months later their mother, Sirkka, leaves the girls in the care of their grandmother,...
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