#minna haapkylä

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Minna Haapkylä on tunnettu mm. Hovimäki, Rakkaudella Maire, FC Venus

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Hovimäki ep.19 Uuden kynnyksellä

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Minna Haapkylä

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Lesbian

DOB: 10 June 1973  

Ethnicity: Finnish

Occupation: Actress

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Proposed by @madamrogers :

At first, I want to thank you for hosting an event like this! It has been so interesting to read about movies from other countries and I decided to put only Finnish movies on this list. Some of these I’ve seen, some are important or have a significant meaning for our culture or were just quite popular when they came out.

Tie pohjoiseen (Eng. Road North) 2012 - Directed by Mika Kaurismäki - Starring Vesa-Matti Loiri, Samuli Edelmann

Summary: A drama, a road movie about a father who meets his son after a long time. The father wants to bond with the son after these long 30 years and they go on a long road trip to the north.

Jenna’s Note: Vesa-Matti Loiri is one of the most iconic faces of Finnish cinema (and also music, he’s a singer as well) and he really deserves all the appreciation he gets. Him and Edelmann (who is also a singer, they sing the ending song of the film together) work very well together in this one, they have chemistry and it’s visible how much they’ve enjoyed working together. This is one of my own favorites of Finnish movies.

Lupaus (Eng. Promise) 2005 - Directed by Ilkka Vanne - Starring Laura Birn, Karoliina Vanne, Hanna Lekander, Ilkka Villi

Summary: A movie about three young women who live a normal life in Finland until Winter War in 1939. All three of the women join the Lotta Svärd, a Finnish voluntary auxiliary paramilitary organisation for women. The movie follows the women from Winter War in 1939 to Continuation War in 1941 and till the year 1956.

Jenna’s Note: I’ve seen this once and I remember I liked this quite a lot. For once there’s a movie about Lotta Svärd. I’ve always respected them a lot. This has some war scenes, if I remember right, and everyone is not making it out alive but it also shows how there can be happiness in the middle of fear and death.

Poika ja ilves (Eng. Boy and Lynx) 1998 - Directed by Raimo O Niemi - Starring Konsta Hietanen and Väinö the Lynx

Summary: A movie about a friendship between a boy and a lynx.

Jenna’s Note: I loved this movie as a child. I haven’t watched it in years, but it really is a touching story. I remember how most of the girls had some sort of a crush on this boy, Konsta Hietanen, who nowadays plays music and I think has come back to acting after playing football for years.

Joulutarina (Eng. Christmas Story) 2007 - Directed by Juha Wuolijoki - Starring Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Otto Gustavsson, Kari Väänänen, Minna Haapkylä

Summary: A story about an orphaned boy called Nikolas becoming Santa Claus.

Jenna’s Note: This is the movie I watch every Christmas. I could say it’s one of my favorite Finnish movies of all time. It also makes me cry very much, which is always a good sign. It was said somewhere that “if Walt Disney would’ve been able to tell a story like this, he would have told it,” and I think it’s absolutely true!

Äideistä parhain (Eng. Mother of Mine) 2005 - Directed by Klaus Härö - Starring Topi Marjaniemi, Marjaana Maijala, Esko Salminen

Summary: The plot of the story is based on the time of the Second World War and the main character of the story is a Finnish boy (Eero Lahti). The biological father of Eero (Kari-Pekka Toivonen) is in the Finnish army. He dies in the front and Eero’s mother Kirsti falls into deep depression. As the war gets worse, Eero is sent to Sweden to a new Swedish family. In the new family, he has a father Hjalmar Jönsson, mother Signe Jönsson and a grandfather (who cannot speak but hears everything). He also meets the neighbor’s daughter Siv. And then he has to go back to Finland when the war ends.

Jenna’s Note: I saw this one for the first time when I was quite young and I remember crying so much during it. Only seeing the add or the first minutes makes me cry. It’s a sad, momentarily very unfair story but it’s still very beautiful, touching and deep.

Prinsessa (Eng. Princess) 2010 - Directed by Arto Halonen - Starring Katja Kukkola, Samuli Edelmann, Krista Kosonen, Peter Franzén

Summary: After a difficult childhood spent in foster homes, cabaret dancer Anna Lappalainen suffers from severe delusions and ends up in psychiatric care. She claims to be Princess, a member of the English royal family.

Jenna’s Note: This is a biographical film, based on a life of Anna Lappalainen, and I didn’t know this before. I like the psychology in this and it’s pretty good as a movie too, the main actress does really good job but some moments are quite disturbing. This gives me vibes of Russell Crove’s movie “A Beautiful Mind”, even though the setting is different.

Tuntematon sotilas (Eng. The Unknown Soldier) 2017 - Directed by Aku Louhimies - Starring Eero Aho, Johannes Holopainen, Jussi Vatanen, Aku Hirviniemi, Hannes Suominen, Paula Vesala, Samuli Vauramo

Summary: Based on Väinö Linna’s classic novel “The Unknown Soldier”, the part of our national legacy, the movie tells a story about a machine gun company of the Finnish Army from a frog perspective during the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1944.

Jenna’s Note: This is only one of the versions; there is the first one from 1955 and the second from 1985. And because it was Finland’s 100th year of independence last year, they made the third version. I haven’t had the chance to see this one just yet, but one of the versions is on TV on the independence day, so I’m waiting for will it be this one. This has a good cast, some very popular and good Finnish actors and this is a very liked film, so I’m looking forward to finally seeing it. I’ve seen the other two versions, and I personally like the 1985 version the best.

Helmiä ja sikoja (Eng. Pearls and Pigs) 2003 - Directed by Perttu Leppä - Starring Mikko Leppilampi, Laura Birn, Amanda Pilke

Summary: When the Hirvonen brother’s (Läde, Timo, Ruho and Poju) bootlegging father ends up in jail, his sons need money to pay his debts to local crooks. The brothers suddenly get a new family member when their stepsister, Saara, moves in with them. Soon they find out Saara has an outstanding singing voice and the boys come up with an idea to send her to a child star contest. To train the girl a former child star, a current pub rose, is employed.

Jenna’s Note: The name is funny, I know. Don’t stare at it too much. In a way it suits this movie quite well. In which the girls are the pearls and the boys the pigs, haha. This is a comedy and basically only one Finnish comedy I’ve seen and liked. I also love Mikko Leppilampi, he is a good actor, but nowadays he is mainly a host in different programs.

Tom of Finland 2017 - Directed by Dome Karukoski - Starring Pekka Strang

Summary: Touko Laaksonen returns home to Finland after serving in World War II. In post-war Helsinki, he makes a name for himself with his homoerotic drawings of muscular men. Before finding fame, Laaksonen finds challenges from his sister and Finnish society due to his art.

Jenna’s Note: I haven’t personally seen this movie yet, but decided to put it on the list since it has been sold to another countries, the concept. And I think this movie was in cinema in other countries too. It’s a quite big thing in Finland, there are all kinds of stuff about it, from bed covers to everything.

Syke (Eng. Pulse) Since 2014, still ongoing - Created by Petja Peltomaa - Starring Lena Meriläinen, Tiina Lymi, Leena Pöysti, Iina Kuustonen

Summary: A show about four nurses. In every episode there are two or three patients whose lives have something to do with the nurses’ lives; they know each other or something else. It also follows the nurses private lives: love, hate and other things.

Jenna’s Note: The only tv series of the list! I’ve watched this since it began and it’s the best Finnish show I’ve ever seen. It’s interesting, something is always happening and the actors are good. It almost got cancelled but then another channel bought it and there’ll be another season later this year, it’s the fifth.

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Void

Eero’s career as an author is spiraling down: he just can’t get started with his new novel. The ambitious actor Pihla is about to get her international break. Neither of them is willing to sacrifice their career even though their relationship is doing worse than ever. Void is a comedy-drama about the price of success and the agony of failure, and about situations where your partner just doesn’t get it.

Tyhjiö is a movie starring Laura Birn, Tommi Korpela, and Hannu-Pekka Björkman. The story of the tumultuous relationship between a successful actress and a struggling writer. Actors: Laura Birn, Tommi Korpela, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Matleena Kuusniemi, Kaija Pakarinen, Kari Heiskanen, Boyana Balta, Allison Davies, Jörn Donner, Barbara Eliodorio, Minna Haapkylä, Maria Heiskanen, Kari Hietalahti, Kari Hotakainen Team FiCO 2k8 Presents:  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8562100/ Tyhjio (2018) AKA Void RELEASE TYPE..> x264 SUPPLiER.......> FiCO CREW RELEASE DATE..> 2019.01 CRACKER/RiPPER.> FiCO CREW STREET DATE...> yyyy.mm.dd ENCODER........> FiCO CREW THEATRE DATE..> yyyy.mm.dd RATiNG ..> 7.6 (114) ViDEO CODEC...> x264 AUDiO CODEC....> AAC ViDEO BiTRATE.> Avg 709 kbit/s AUDiO BiTRATE..> 130kbit/s ViDEO FORMAT..> AUDiO FORMAT...> AAC RiP METHOD....> crf19 MOViE SiZE.....> 475 MiB ASPECT RATiO..> DiSKS..........> 10x50mb RESOLUTiON....> 716x294 RUNTiME........> 1h 33mn GENRE.........> Comedy, Romance LANGUAGES.....> Finnish SUBTITLES.....> English, svenska Notes: Director: Aleksi Salmenpera  Read the full article

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handbasketofdreams reblogged your post and added:

Yes if we have to suffer through a male sherlock...

OH MY FUCKING GOD! please let whoever plays johanna be gay! i have the perfect solution: minna haapkylä is bisexual and in a relationship with another woman! we have had real-life couples play fictional ones. please let this happen!!

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Tarharyhmä - “Beibini asuu Torniossa (mitä teen?)” Suomirokkia 4: 24 rytinärokin klassikkoa Song released in 1992. Compilation released in 1999. Pop-Rock / Power Pop

Yesterday's song post was about a Swedish band, today's is about another group of Scandinavians, namely, Helsinki's Tarharyhmä, an all-teenage girl pop-rock quartet who enjoyed a good deal of success from the early to mid-90s. And despite what you might imagine a group of teenage girls playing pop rock sounds like (corny and transparent, teenybopper-aimed dreck, maybe), you're wrong. Truth be told, I don't know who their target audience ultimately was, but Tarharyhmä played a pretty sweet brand of upbeat and catchy garage-punky power pop that sounded a bit new wave-inspired. And after their dissolution, two of the members went on to find much fame elsewhere. Maija Vilkkumaa, Tarharyhmä's electric guitarist and one of its vocalists, is now one of Finland's bestselling musicians as a solo singer-songwriter, and Minna Haapkylä, the band's bassist, is now a highly sought after actor and has earned herself a number of awards.

Tarharyhmä, whose English translation I'm unsure of ("gardening group," "horticultural group," "shelter group," and "kindergarten" ( on that last one) all pop up in Finnish-to-English Google Translated research), made their debut in 1992 with two singles: Päiväunia and a self-titled release. Leading that self-titled release is a song called "Beibini asuu Torniossa (mitä teen?)," which translates to "My Baby Lives in Tornio (What Do I Do?)". Tornio happens to be a small city in northwest Finland, and Tarharyhmä's hometown of Helsinki is located on the country's southern tip, so one can probably guess that this song is about the difficulties that couples face during long distance relationships.

After appearing on the self-titled single, "Beibini asuu Torniossa (mitä teen?)" then appeared on the group's 1993 debut album, Tappopoppia (say it like a gesticulating Italian for a brief bit of fun), and then in '99 it was included on Suomirokkia 4, a collection of classic Finnish rock tunes from a bunch of different eras.

What I really dig about this song is how one half is pop-punky garage rock and the other half is just straight-up catchy pop-rock. And the transitions between those two different modes are seamless, too. It's almost like two different bands between the verses and chorus, with scratchy and weird, angrily yelling and snarling vocals on the verses transforming into clean and clear pop harmonies on the choruses. Similar can be said about the guitar work also; a much rawer garage sound with the verses and longer, jangly, poppy chords on the chorus.

Super fun, early 90s all-girl pop rock out of Helsinki.

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FC Venus

FC Venus on kesään 2005 sijoittuva romanttinen komediaelokuva naisista, miehistä ja heidän välisistä eroistaan. Elokuvan päähenkilöt ovat Anna (Minna Haapkylä) ja Pete (Petteri Summanen). Pääaiheena on jalkapallo.Esitysoikeudet myytiin Japaniin keväällä 2006, jossa se julkaistiin ensin DVD:lle ja hieman myöhemmin se pääsi Japanin tv-levitykseen. Sitä on näytetty myös Saksan televisioissa. Myös…

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Tänään TV:ssä kehuttu suomalaiselokuva – "Minna Haapkylä on kaksoisroolissaan erinomainen" (Mesta.net)

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Minna Haapkylä on tunnettu mm. Hovimäki, FC Venus

Ansa Ikonen on tunnettu mm. Kulkurin valssi, Vaimoke

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Kuudes kerta

Ohjaus Maarit Lalli, päärooleissa Pihla Viitala, Antti Luusuaniemi, Minna Haapkylä, Paavo Kinnunen, Dick Idman, Arja Saijonmaa, Sebastian Rejman. 108 min. K16. ★★★★

Mies ja nainen aloittavat seksisuhteen hyvässä yhteisymmärryksessä. Nainen tuntee olevansa jotain vailla, miehellä on koko ajan haku päällä, joten tasa­paino ei ota löytyäkseen.

Maarit Lallinhttp://ift.tt/2hYfIZx elokuva alkaa samaan tapaan kuin moni ­kotimainen draama­komedia nykyään: nelikymppiset päähenkilöt, näyttäisi olevan perhettä molemmilla, hauskoja tilanteita, työkavereita ja reipasta seksiä.

Alkupuolisko onkin viihdyttävää, vähän hapuilevaa, ja osa yksityiskohdista menee ohi. Sitä on kuitenkin kiva ­katsoa, varsinkin kun Lalli on haalinut myös sivurooleihin ­parhaita näyttelijöitä. Kukaan ei jää taustalle.

Päähenkilöiden ammatitkin ovat ihan viihdettä: Ricky välittää Helsingin luksusasuntoja, Annika on olevinaan yksityis­etsivä, joka majailee kivijalkatoimistossaan yhdessä kämppiksensä kanssa. Kiinnostus heitä kohtaan herää.

Lalli on itse tehnyt elokuvansa käsikirjoituksen, joka ei missään vaiheessa tyydy itsestään­selvyyksiin. Hän vie pelin loppuun saakka, ohi sen vaiheen, kun sekä mies että nainen ovat jo jäämässä koukkuun, rakastumassa ja vielä siitäkin eteen päin. Molemmat hokevat ­etsivänsä vain seksiä ­ilman tunteita, mutta ei kai se ole pitemmän päälle edes ­mahdollista.

Ja kun tästä vielä jatketaan, ­ollaan jo perimmäisten moraalikysymysten äärellä. Mitä haluaa mies, mitä nainen? Onko heillä sama moraali? Voiko etsiä itseään ja pitää vielä perheen kasassa? Miksi mies pitää kiinni ­valheista ja nainen pakenee ­niitä? He käyvät läpi yhteiset ­kokemukset mutta tekevät eri johtopäätökset.

Kuudes kerta on ennen muuta Pihla Viitalan http://ift.tt/2iJfycFja Antti Luusuaniemen http://ift.tt/2ix32KBelokuva. Viitalan Annikassa on monta eri puolta, jotka tekevät hänestä aidon hahmon. Hänessä on sekä lämpöä että ­pelottomuutta. Luusuaniemi ­vetää roolia roolissa, mutta ­lopussa Lalli tuo hänetkin lähelle ja rikkoo kyynisen kuoren edes hetkeksi.

Lallista on kypsynyt ­persoonallinen elokuvakertoja, jonka edellinen elokuva, aikuistuvista helsinkiläispojista kertova Kohta 18 palkittiin kolmella Jussilla. Kuudes kerta jatkaa ­samaa karheaa ja nopeatempoista realismia, ja Lalli on tässäkin osallistunut myös asuntojen ­lavastukseen. Ja kuten Kohta 18 myös Kuudes kerta on upea ­Helsinki-elokuva. Vain musiikki jää aavistuksen tavanomaiselle tasolle.

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Hovimäki ep.17 Lähdön aika

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Producing Adults / Lapsia ja aikuisia - Kuinka niitä tehdään? (2004)  - Trailer

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Kuutamolla (Lovers & Leavers), 2001