Tuula Väänänen

Under the North Star (2009)

Based on the novel by Väinö Linna, the story takes place during the time of the Finnish Civil War. ...

Sisters Apart (2008)

Taru lives with her husband and this teenage daughter Ninni. The family's life is shaken when Ninni has an accident and Ninni's biological mother and Taru's half-sister Eve show up. Soon things from the women's past will surface. ...

Enkeli tulessa (2004)

Kivinen lintu (1999)

Anna has taken care of her elderly parents and their farm. After her parents pass away, she takes control of her own life. ...

The Last Wedding (1995)

Pekka arrives back to his home village of Jerusalem to celebrate the last wedding of the village. His own marriage seems to have reached a dead end. The people of the village gather to prepare for the event, and the bitter spectrum of all human life, with ...

The Land of Happiness (1993)

Nostalgic comedy set in the early 1960s, when the tango was all the rage. The "prodigal son" Tenho returns from his unlucky adventures in the city back to his parents' farm. Tenho becomes the laughing stock of local men until he scores the hottest girl in ...

Mestari (1992)

Eero Tyrni, a reporter for Iltapäivä newspaper, is in Austria doing a story on ski jumper Teemu Kimpilä. Kimpilä's jumps fail and he disappears from the scene. Left behind are his third wife Sari, his sponsors, the Ski Association, and the Finnish peop ...