Direction: Pirjo Honkasalo

Direction Pirjo Honkasalo

Cast Pirkko Saisio

Direction Pirjo Honkasalo

Cast Johannes Brotherus · Jari Virman · Anneli Karppinen · Juhan Ulfsak

Synopsis 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 what we pass on to younger generations, and the ways...

Direction Pirjo Honkasalo

Synopsis 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 of the human mind.

Direction Pirjo Honkasalo

Synopsis A documentary story about a man and his companion's journey up the river Ganga (Ganges) in India.

Direction Pirjo Honkasalo

Cast Alma Pöysti · Pirkko Saisio · Hannu-Pekka Björkman · Luca Leino

Synopsis The destinies of two women intertwine on a remote island through guilt and grace.

Direction Pirjo Honkasalo · Pekka Lehto

Cast Asko Sarkola · Rea Mauranen · Kari Franck · Ari Suonsuu

Synopsis 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 in Finnish literature. Different time levels are mixed in the...

Direction Pirjo Honkasalo

Cast Elina Hurme · Tiina Weckström · Elena Leeve · Elsa Saisio

Synopsis 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, an old communist, and runs away with a German soldier....