The Classic
Klassikko

Available on DVD

Finland 2001 colour 80 min

*****

Comedy

cast: Martti Suosalo (Kari Hotakainen), Janne Hyytiäinen (Pera), Martti Onnismaa (Kartio), Pertti Sveholm (Vikström), Arvi Lind (as himself), Pirkka Pekka Petelius (Veisterä), Minna Koskela, Pihla Penttinen, Sari Siikander, Kari Väänänen, Puntti Valtonen
credits: dir. Kari Väänänen, based on a novel by Kari Hotakainen, DOP Timo Salminen, prod. Aki Kaurismäki and Ilkka Mertsola

Perhaps one of the most funniest Finnish movies ever. It's a story about a writer (Suosalo), whose publisher wants him to be like everybody else in the business: to write his own memoirs. But what if you don't have anything to tell...? The writer has to create something big and so he does. There's some nice looking cars in his big story. Somehow trusted and well-known Finnish news anchor Arvi Lind gets involved with this case too.

The casting is great. Martti Suosalo does once again a marvellous performance. He is the heart of the whole show and Pertti Sveholm's police character is a brilliant sidekick.

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