Matti: Hell Is for Heroes
2006 · Movie · 135 min. · Finland
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.
Direction Aleksi Mäkelä
Cast Jasper 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 Melleri
Soundtrack Tuomas Kantelinen
Screenplay Marko Leino
Cinematography Pini Hellstedt
Original title Matti
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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