Risto Salmi Movies

Young Pietari lives with his reindeer-herding father in arctic Finland. On the eve of Christmas, a nearby excavation makes a frightening discovery...

Second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the...

The petty criminal Trampas is released from prison and immediately starts planning new jobs with his girlfriend's simpleminded brother Lepsu. They...

A middle-aged woman wants a child and starts to look for a suitable father when she doesn't succeed in the plan with her husband.

Like it or not, almost anyone who has met a really serious poet finds that they have something about them which sets them apart from other people....

The story of a rock band "Kalle Päätalo" in the 1980s.

The Tough Ones tells a story of two friends who have a hard time finding their place in the society. Antti and Jussi are released from jail. While...

Jed (19) walks out on his former life, without destination, without explanation, and gets on a train. He ends up by happenstance in a small eastern...

An ageing wrestler and circus strongman is put in an institution located somewhere in a world of its own.

A female fashion model Anni Stark takes leave from the fashion business and goes to Finland's Lapland for a vacation. Little does she know that...

A story of a priest, who considers himself as a rebel is suddenly asked to run for bishop of Turku.

The film tells the story of two very popular Finnish singer/songwriters: Tapio Rautavaara and Repe Helismaa, who worked together until their...

A middle-aged mental patient suffering from a split personality travels to Italy where his two personalities set off all kinds of confusing...

Story of a simple-minded Finnish soldier set in the winter of 1943.

The Legend of Bodom is a figment of the imagination, but it takes place in a land that once existed - between East and West, on the front lines of...

A child who is the subject of a custody dispute flees from the social welfare authority from Tyräaho to Helsinki with Pekko. In the capital, the...