Movies: Kaija Pakarinen

  • 2017
    The Other Side of Hope

    The Other Side of Hope (2017)

    The Other Side of Hope

    6.92017HD

    A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland....

    The Other Side of Hope
  • 2000
    Restless

    Restless (2000)

    Restless

    5.42000HD

    Ari, a paramedic, is a chronic womanizer; he makes it a point of pride to never sleep with the same woman twice, and his nights are a long series of brazen one-night stands. But when Ari meets Tiina, something unexpected happens – he falls in love....

    Restless
  • 1996
    Drifting Clouds

    Drifting Clouds (1996)

    Drifting Clouds

    7.61996HD

    The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together they must hit the streets of Helsinki, facing up to hardship and humiliation in their quest for survival, gu...

    Drifting Clouds
  • 2002
    The Man Without a Past

    The Man Without a Past (2002)

    The Man Without a Past

    7.42002HD

    Arriving in Helsinki, a nameless man is beaten within an inch of his life by thugs, miraculously recovering only to find that he has completely lost his memory. Back on the streets, he attempts to begin again from zero, befriending a moody dog and be...

    The Man Without a Past
  • 2023
    Four Little Adults

    Four Little Adults (2023)

    Four Little Adults

    6.82023HD

    The life of Juulia, a Finnish parliamentarian, is suddenly turned upside down by the discovery of the betrayal by her husband Matias, a Protestant pastor, with the young Enni. After an initial moment of anger and desperation, Juulia realizes that she...

    Four Little Adults
  • 2009
    Letters to Father Jacob

    Letters to Father Jacob (2009)

    Letters to Father Jacob

    7.22009HD

    With few options, newly pardoned convict Leila agrees to work as an assistant to a blind pastor. Father Jacob spends his days answering the letters of the needy, which Leila finds pointless. But when the letters stop, the pastor is devastated and Lei...

    Letters to Father Jacob
  • 2013
    8-Ball

    8-Ball (2013)

    8-Ball

    62013HD

    8-Ball tells the story of single mother Pike who, having just been released from prison, is trying to start her life anew. When her former boyfriend Lalli comes back from abroad, it opens a window into a past that Pike wants to put behind her....

    8-Ball
  • 2016
    Devil's Bride

    Devil's Bride (2016)

    Devil's Bride

    5.92016HD

    Anna’s story takes place on Åland Island in 1666, during the beginning of the most widespread and systematic witch-hunts in Scandinavian history. In all, 16 women were convicted of being in league with the devil, and seven of them were executed. For ...

    Devil's Bride
  • 2016
    Love and Fury

    Love and Fury (2016)

    Love and Fury

    62016HD

    In 1980's Helsinki, a city about to burst with young energy and rebellion, two young writers determined to conquer the world fall madly in love. For Inka, the love affair puts everything in motion: she finds her own voice, publishes her first novel -...

    Love and Fury
  • 2014
    Raspberry Boat Refugee

    Raspberry Boat Refugee (2014)

    Raspberry Boat Refugee

    5.22014HD

    Mikko Virtanen feels like a Swedish soul trapped in a Finnish body. Full of disgust for everything Finnish, he sees Sweden as heaven. Upon meeting a suicidal Swedish psychologist Mikael Anderson, he seizes an opportunity for an identity switch. Raspb...

    Raspberry Boat Refugee
  • 2012
    Almost 18

    Almost 18 (2012)

    Almost 18

    6.22012HD

    Karri, Pete, André, Akseli and Joni dream, party, love and boast like only teenage males can. They're dealing with the same issues as every other young man — fears and hopes for future, disillusions and problems with parents....

    Almost 18
  • 2022
    Lapland Odyssey 4

    Lapland Odyssey 4 (2022)

    Lapland Odyssey 4

    3.92022HD

    Hunt for the elusive tofu in the Arctic Circle....

    Lapland Odyssey 4
  • 2012
    Stars Above

    Stars Above (2012)

    Stars Above

    6.32012HD

    Stars above follows the stories of three women from the same family across three different decades. The main characters – Saima, Tuulikki and Salla – each lives in the same country house. Saima´s story takes place in the war time 1942, when Finland f...

    Stars Above
  • 2012
    Body Fat Index of Love

    Body Fat Index of Love (2012)

    Body Fat Index of Love

    4.92012HD

    Stigu and Ella have a just-sex relationship. Stigu is secretly in love but settles for what he can get because Ella wants nothing more. Until they find themselves in a same work project: designing an advertisement for the Family Federation on sustain...

    Body Fat Index of Love
  • 1987
    Tilinteko

    Tilinteko (1987)

    Tilinteko

    61987HD

    Two men, Nieminen and Varjola, commit a mail van robbery. Varjola betrays his friend: shoots him and takes the loot. Nieminen is arrested, but he refuses to reveal his accomplice's name. On his first leave on prison Nieminen finds Varjola in a small ...

    Tilinteko
  • 1988
    The Wedding Waltz

    The Wedding Waltz (1988)

    The Wedding Waltz

    6.41988HD

    Viltteri, a balding guy in his thirties living in rural northern Finland, is hopelessly clueless about his new role as a married man and the father of a newborn son. A perfect escape from family responsibilities is having to get his old Hillman Minx ...

    The Wedding Waltz
  • 2012
    Hush

    Hush (2012)

    Hush

    4.92012HD

    Sakari and Veera get engaged, madly in love. Not long after, Veera asks Sakari to help her in a matter relating to her father, and in a way that completely shocks Sakari. He does everything in his power to stop her from pursuing her plan. But before ...

    Hush
  • 2022
    Häät ennen hautajaisia

    Häät ennen hautajaisia (2022)

    Häät ennen hautajaisia

    52022HD

    Wedding planner Joanna needs to find herself a fake boyfriend to cheer up her depressed father. As if on demand, an eccentric undertaker enters Joanna's life with her own motives for looking for a girlfriend. At the same time, Joanna receives some ea...

    Häät ennen hautajaisia
  • 2018
    Void

    Void (2018)

    Void

    6.32018HD

    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 doin...

    Void
  • 2011
    Hella W

    Hella W (2011)

    Hella W

    4.72011HD

    The life of a heroine. The life and work of Hella Wuolijoki. A poet, spy and millionaire, she turned into an internationally acclaimed businesswoman, politician and playwright, who collaborated with Europe's leading writers such as Bertolt Brecht and...

    Hella W