Liisamaija Laaksonen

Hardly a Butterfly (1998)

Heavily built young woman Kaisu comes to work in a small grocery store in the countryside, run by a bossy old lady and her tiny and quiet grown-up son Erni. Faced with a common enemy, the unlikely young couple find support in each other, despite their phys ...

Viisi tytärtäni (1997)

Tuomas Murasen rikos (1994)

The Well (1992)

This very serious drama, based on a true incident, explores the unremitting labor which put a young mother living in rural isolation into the situation of being charged with having thrown her children down a well. Her husband is an unimaginative, work-obse ...

Irti Maasta (1989)

A group of Finns have won a cruise and this is how they behave on it. ...

Ihmiselon ihanuus ja kurjuus (1988)

Two young lovers, Anna and Martti, are split apart but are reunited many years later when their lives have changed considerably. Anna is a war widow; Martti a writer, is married, and has five children. ...

Petos (1988)

The very first American-style Post Office robbery in Finland. In the midst of the 60's a gangster quartet led by Hilarius Ruokonen splits up and go into hiding after the heist. ...

Lumikit (1986)

A hospital room drama in which women talk about love, children, relationships with men, and life in general. Stories of survival are seasoned with both tears and laughter. ...

Raamit ränniin (1985)

A boy dreams to become like his ski jumping idol Jari Puikkonen. However, his parents are worried because he neglects the school. One day while going on practice, he rescues a baby left in a car with no parking brake hooked back up. The baby happens to be ...

Mona ja palavan rakkauden aika (1983)

Growing up story of a high school girl that struggles with the emptiness of her life. ...

Martinin rikos (1980)

A story about the conflicting emotions of love and hate, duty and selfishness in the human mind. ...

Onnellinen mies (1979)

Bridge engineer Akseli Jaatinen arrives to stir up the lives of the inhabitants of a small Finnish village. Jaatinen is well-liked at the bridge construction site, but he quickly finds himself clashing against the local decision-makers. The bridge engineer ...

Marja pieni! (1972)

A story about Marja Maronen, a 30-year-old office worker who is self-centered and pursues love and wealth. After her father's death, Marja is plunged into a crisis that shakes her entire life, the consequences of which are particularly reflected in her rel ...

Sixtynine (1969)

Tuula's husband Jukka takes care of all domestic chores. Tuula seems to have no idea that her husband spends his evenings working as a major league ice hockey referee. She also finds out about his extra-marital affair with a female rally driver. In revenge ...

Vain neljä kertaa (1968)

Lasse divorces his second wife Pirko when it turns out that he has a child with Raija. They get married, but as Lasse reflects on his three marriages, he soon becomes unsure whether marrying for the sake of the child was a wise decision after all. ...

Black on White (1968)

Juha is a sales manager of a refrigerator company. His perfect-looking family and glittering array of modern kitchen appliances have just been featured in a magazine article, but in reality Juha is a womanising chauvinist more at home on the road than with ...

Rakkaus alkaa aamuyöstä (1966)

Erkki leaves the army and sets out to find himself. In the countryside, he finds new love and the courage to stand up to his strict father. ...

Pikku suorasuu (1962)

Iris Klewe is brought from her forest cottage by her bank-manager uncle Kaarlo Heinonen to attend school in Helsinki, where his wife and elder children resent the poor foster girl while only the youngest child and the cook show her kindness. Kaarlo's finan ...

Lacrimosa (2008)

A story about love. A famous singer cannot let go of the memory of her late husband. She befriends a man her own age, and there should be nothing standing in the way of their happiness. ...

Viisi tytärtäni (1997)

Irti Maasta (1989)

A group of Finns have won a cruise and this is how they behave on it. ...

Lumikit (1986)

A hospital room drama in which women talk about love, children, relationships with men, and life in general. Stories of survival are seasoned with both tears and laughter. ...