Night on Earth
1991
star 7.5
A quintet of cabbies in five cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
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Acting
Matti Pellonpää
Matti Pellonpää (March 28, 1951 in Helsinki – July 13, 1995 in Vaasa) was an award-winning Finnish actor and a musician. He rose to international fame with his roles in both Aki Kaurismäki's and Mika Kaurismäki's films; particularly being a regular in Aki's films, appearing in 18 of them.
He started his career in 1962 as a radio actor at the Finnish state-owned broadcasting company YLE. He performed as an actor during the 70s in many amateur theatres, at the same time that he studied at the Finnish Theatre Academy, where he completed his studies in the year 1977.
He was nominated Best Actor by European Film Academy for his role as Rodolfo in La Vie de Boheme and won the Felix at the European Film Awards in 1992. He also starred in Jim Jarmusch's 1991 film Night on Earth.
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Filmography
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The Hobbits
1993
star 5.9
Hobitit is a Finnish live action fantasy television miniseries originally broadcast in 1993 on Yle TV1. Produce...
Ariel
1988
star 7.1
A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits su...
La Vie de Bohème
1992
star 7.5
Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel,...
Shadows in Paradise
1986
star 7.3
Nikander, a rubbish collector and would-be entrepreneur, finds his plans for success dashed when his business a...
Crime and Punishment
1983
star 6.9
Former student Rahikainen is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder...
Leningrad Cowboys Go America
1989
star 6.9
The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Siberian musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and for...
Konstan pylkkerö
1994
star 4.3
Hamlet Goes Business
1987
star 6.7
When Hamlet discovers his father’s deceased body, he finds himself pulled into a power struggle as his scheming...
Näkemiin, hyvästi
1986
star 6.0
When a new man appears in Tuula's life, Jorma does not tolerate the idea and begins to yearn back for his ex-wi...
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana
1994
star 6.8
Two Finnish men agree to drive an Estonian woman and a Russian woman to a harbor.
Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses
1994
star 5.8
After years of fame and misfortune in Mexico, the members of the Leningrad Cowboys decide to return to their na...
The Liar
1981
star 6.2
Talkative, hyperactive young drifter Ville Alfa goes around Helsinki, basically trying to borrow money from fri...
Iron Horsemen
1995
star 6.5
Bad Trip, a biker who has been freshly inducted into a gang, flees from them after stealing one of their bikes.
Dirty Hands
2015
star 5.5
A political drama set in the fictional country of Illyria between 1943 and 1945, the story is about the assassi...
Rocky VI
1986
star 5.8
Not to be confused with any of the sequels to Sylvester Stallone's classic Oscar-winning Rocky, this short film...
Akseli and Elina
1970
star 6.6
A former Red Rebellion leader returns home after being imprisoned for his participation in the Finnish Civil Wa...
Moonlight Sonata II: The Street Sweepers
1991
star 4.7
A sequel to Soinio's film Kuutamosonaatti (Moonlight Sonata) of 1988. A rural family clings to life until the r...
The Worthless
1982
star 6.3
Manne, Harri, and Ville Alfa are rootless twenty-somethings in search of purpose for their banal lives. After M...
Ruskan jälkeen
1979
star 4.6
It follows a year in the life of a family in the North-Eastern part of Finland. From the gloomy days of winter...
Viimeinen savotta
1977
star 5.5
Follows the life of a pauper child Vike Nilonpoika from the early 1900's to the 1960s. During this time he work...
Calamari Union
1985
star 7.0
A group of men all called Frank—except for one named Pekka—have had enough of life in their working-class neigh...
The Last Border
1993
star 4.4
One man's quest for revenge in a post-apocalyptic world
Zombie and the Ghost Train
1991
star 6.7
Antti "Zombie" Autiomaa does two things well: play the bass guitar and drink. After several months' sleeping on...
Regina ja miehet
1983
star 7.0
According to Mänttäri, the film is about a woman as portrayed through four female characters.
The Boys
1962
star 6.8
When Continuation War started in Summer 1941, German soldiers arrived to Oulu. With their charm they conquered...
Kiljusen herrasväen uudet seikkailut
1990
star 4.7
That Kiljunen familys sets out find their two missing family members, who have been sent to Tampere by the Mata...
Sutki
1993
star 2.0
Sutki travels around Finland selling his wife's knitted mittens at market stalls. Business is slow, and Sutki's...
Pieniä valheita
1994
star 3.6
The relationship between a priest's wife and the renovator crackles with passion. While the rectory terrace is...
Viimeiset rotannahat
1985
star 5.0
Anssi Mänttäri’s low-budget movies with their intimate content have become classics. In this black comedy that...
Rakkauselokuva
1984
star 5.0
The Torniainen are a couple consisting of Raija, a flight attendant, and Hanski, a civil engineer. They have lo...
Antti Puuhaara
1976
star 7.5
In 17th-century Pohjola, young Antti Puuhaara is looking for himself, because he has grown up with no knowledge...
Päätepysäkki
1986
star 2.0
Matti turns 16 and becomes a man, at least in his father's eyes. Matti wanders around Helsinki, and strange peo...
Huhtikuu on kuukausista julmin
1983
star 4.5
April is the Cruelest of Months is a 1983 film directed by Suvi-Marja Korvenheimo, also known as Anssi Mänttäri...
Where Is Musette?
1992
star 10.0
Documentary filmed on-set during the making of Aki Kaurismaki's "La vie de Boheme"
Bohemian Eyes
2011
star 6.4
Documentary about the life of Finnish actor Matti Pellonpää.