Matti: Hell Is for Heroes
2006·Finland·135 min.
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Ski jumper descends from 4 Olympic Gold Medals, to serving two years for stabbing a relative. Careers as a stripper and singer, plus five marriages, replete with stories of Domestic Violence are fictionalized sympathetically in dramedy. Alleged exploitation/manipulation due to naivety and gullibility, along with deterioration of Matti's skiing ability due to heavy drinking and bad decisions is emphasized. Many Matti malapropisms a la Yogi Berra, attributed to the Finnish skiing legend are employed as biopic comic dialogue.
DirectorAleksi Mäkelä
ScreenwriterMarko Leino
MusicTuomas Kantelinen
CinematographyPini Hellstedt
CastJasper Pääkkönen·Elina Knihtilä·Peter Franzén·Elina Hietala·Juha Veijonen·Kari Hietalahti·Jope Ruonansuu·Jani Volanen·Jussi Lampi·Toni Wahlström·Matias Hangasmaa·Matti Onnismaa·Jarmo Perälä·Sara MelleriShow all
Original titleMatti