Gena Rowlands

biography: Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands (June 19, 1930 – August 14, 2024) was an American actress. A four-time Emmy and two-time Golden Globe winner, she is known for her collaborations with her late actor-director husband John Cassavetes in ten films, including A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and Gloria (1980), which earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She also won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for Opening Night (1977).

Garrison's Gorillas

overview:
Garrison's Gorillas is an ABC TV series broadcast from 1967 to 1968; a total of 26 hour-long episodes were produced. It was inspired by the 1967 film The Dirty Dozen, which featured a similar scenario of training Allied prisoners for World War II military missions.

Garrison's Gorillas was canceled at the close of its first season and replaced by The Mod Squad in 1968. It managed to gather a cult following in China in the 1980s.

character: Duchess

original_name: Garrison's Gorillas

original_language: en

Columbo

overview: Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.

character: Elizabeth Van Wick

original_name: Columbo

77 Sunset Strip

overview: Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to a snazzy restaurant where Kookie works as a valet. The finger-snapping, slang-talking Kookie occasionally helps Stu and Jeff with their cases, and eventually becomes a full-fledged member of the detective agency. Rex Randolph and J.R. Hale also join the firm, and Suzanne is their leggy secretary.

character: Barbara Adams

original_name: 77 Sunset Strip

Burke's Law

overview: Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.

character: Paullette Shane

original_name: Burke's Law

overview: Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and mathematics in solving crime as an FBI agent recruits his mathematical genius brother to help solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles from a very different perspective.

character: Erika Hellman

Kraft Suspense Theatre

character: Janet Cord

original_name: Kraft Suspense Theatre

The View

overview: ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.

original_name: The View

Monk

overview: Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife Trudy, he developed an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now working as a private consultant, Monk continues to investigate cases in the most unconventional ways.

character: Marge Johnson

original_name: Monk

E! True Hollywood Story

overview: E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known public figures. Among the topics covered on the program include salacious re-tellings of Hollywood secrets, show-biz scandals, celebrity murders and mysteries, porn-star biographies, and "where-are-they-now?" investigations of former child stars. It frequently features in-depth interviews, actual courtroom footage, and dramatic reenactments. When aired on the E! network, episodes will be updated to reflect the current life or status of the subject.

original_name: E! True Hollywood Story

Medical Center

overview: Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced by MGM Television.

character: Karen Coberly

original_name: Medical Center

Studio One

overview: An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.

character: Betty

original_name: Studio One

Faerie Tale Theatre

overview: A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.

character: Witch

original_name: Faerie Tale Theatre

General Electric Theater

overview: General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.

character: Dorothy Dickenson

original_name: General Electric Theater

The Islanders

overview:
The Islanders is an American adventure television series which aired on ABC from 1960 to 1961, starring William Reynolds, James Philbrook, and Diane Brewster.

At the beginning of the series, Sandy Wade and Zack Malloy, co-owners of a Grumman Goose amphibious aircraft, start their one-plane airline in the Moluccas or Spice Islands of the southeastern Pacific Ocean. Throughout the series they experience a variety of adventures where seemingly harmless charter flights put them into danger. They are frequently aided in their endeavours by the unusually-named Wilhelmina ”Steamboat Willy” Vanderveer and Shipwreck Callighan.

The Islanders, primarily sponsored by Liggett & Myers' Chesterfield cigarettes, aired at 9:30 Eastern time on Sunday evenings opposite The Jack Benny Program and Candid Camera on CBS and the second half of The Dinah Shore Show and the last season of The Loretta Young Show on NBC.

William Reynolds stated in an interview, "The series went from being sort of like a Terry and the Pirates or a Maverick type of concept to becoming just a bunch of people skulking around. It wasn't very good."

After The Islanders, Philbrook co-starred in the 1962-1963 season as a magazine publisher and the love interest of Loretta Young in her short-lived The New Loretta Young Show, which aired Mondays on CBS. Reynolds went on to star in two other ABC series,The Gallant Men, a World War II series, and The FBI with Efrem Zimbalist, Jr..

character: Pepper Mint

original_name: The Islanders

Johnny Staccato

overview: Jazz pianist Johnny Staccato supplements his meager musician's income by working as a private detective. The background for many of the episodes is his friend "Waldo's" jazz club in New York City's Greenwich Village, featuring performances by the Pete Candoli jazz combo which included Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne, Red Mitchell, Red Norvo and Johnny Williams. The theme was composed by Elmer Bernstein.

character: Nina Van Ness

original_name: Johnny Staccato

Hallmark Hall of Fame

overview: Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.

character: Victoria Alden

original_name: Hallmark Hall of Fame

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

overview: A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

character: Lucille Jones

original_name: Alfred Hitchcock Presents

87th Precinct

overview: 87th Precinct is an American crime drama starring Robert Lansing, Gena Rowlands, and Ron Harper, which aired on NBC on Monday evenings during the 1961–1962 television season.

character: Teddy Carella

original_name: 87th Precinct

Target: The Corruptors!

overview: Target: The Corruptors! is an American crime drama series starring Stephen McNally which aired on ABC from September 29, 1961 to June 8, 1962. The series was produced by Dick Powell's Four Star Television.

character: Marian Praisewater

original_name: Target: The Corruptors!

Run for Your Life

overview: Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only a short time to live. It ran on NBC from 1965 to 1968. The series was created by Roy Huggins, who had previously explored the "man on the move" concept with The Fugitive.

character: Charlotte Hyde

original_name: Run for Your Life

The Virginian

overview: The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.

character: Savannah

original_name: The Virginian

Adventures in Paradise

overview: Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962, starring Gardner McKay as Adam Troy, the captain of the schooner Tiki III, which sailed the South Pacific looking for passengers and adventure. USA Network aired reruns of this series between 1984 and 1988. The plots deal with the romantic and detective stories of Korean War veteran Troy. The supporting cast, varying from season to season, features George Tobias, Guy Stockwell, and Linda Lawson.

character: Dr. Abigail Brent

original_name: Adventures in Paradise

Peyton Place

overview: Like the novel and film of the same name, this nighttime soap opera is set in the small New England town of Peyton Place, whose quaint charm masks a complicated web of extramarital affairs, shady business deals, scandals, even murder.

character: Adrienne Van Leyden

original_name: Peyton Place

Laramie

overview: Laramie is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1963. A Revue Studios production, the program originally starred John Smith as Slim Sherman, Robert Fuller as Jess Harper, Hoagy Carmichael as Jonesy and Robert L. Crawford, Jr., as Andy Sherman.

character: Laurel DeWalt

original_name: Laramie

Riverboat

overview: Riverboat is a 44-episode western television series starring Darren McGavin and Burt Reynolds broadcast on the NBC television network from September 13, 1959 until January 2, 1961. It was produced by Revue Studios.

character: Rose Traynor

original_name: Riverboat

Robert Montgomery Presents

overview: Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater, ....The Johnson's Wax Program, and so on.

character: Myrtle Wilson

original_name: Robert Montgomery Presents

Dr. Kildare

overview: The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine.

character: Helen Scott

original_name: Dr. Kildare

Ghost Story

overview: Ghost Story is an American television anthology series that aired for one season on NBC from 1972 to 1973. Executive-produced by William Castle, it initially featured supernatural entities such as ghosts, vampires, and witches. By mid-season, low ratings led to a shift -- for the most part -- away from paranormal themes and a title change to Circle of Fear.

character: Kate Lucas

original_name: Ghost Story

Burke's Law

character: Mitzi Carlisle

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

character: June

original_name: Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

The Ed Sullivan Show

overview:
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows.

In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

original_name: The Ed Sullivan Show

Kraft Suspense Theatre

character: Lois Baxter

Bonanza

overview: The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.

character: Ragan Miller

original_name: Bonanza

The Mike Douglas Show

overview: The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.

NCIS

overview: From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has any connection to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.

Golden Globe Awards

overview: An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Marcus Welby, M.D.

overview: Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner and James Brolin as the younger doctor he often worked with, and was produced by David Victor and David J. O'Connell. The pilot, A Matter of Humanities, had aired as an ABC Movie of the Week on March 26, 1969.

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

overview: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

The Lloyd Bridges Show

overview: The Lloyd Bridges Show is an American anthology drama series produced by Aaron Spelling, which aired on CBS from September 11, 1962 to May 28, 1963, starring and hosted by Lloyd Bridges.

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

overview: A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

overview: The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. is an American spy-fi TV series that aired on NBC for one season from September 16, 1966 to April 11, 1967. The series was a spin-off from The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and used the same theme music composed by Jerry Goldsmith, which was rearranged into a slightly different, harder-edged arrangement by Dave Grusin.

Deutsch

biography:
Gena Rowlands war eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin.

Ihr Leinwanddebüt als Vertragsschauspielerin der MGM hatte sie 1958 in José Ferrers High Cost of Loving.

Nach der Heirat mit John Cassavetes war Rowlands häufig in seinen Filmen zu sehen, darunter Eine Frau unter Einfluß (1974) und Gloria, die Gangsterbraut (1980), die ihr Oscar-Nominierungen einbrachten. Insgesamt entstanden zehn gemeinsame Produktionen, an denen häufig auch weitere Familienmitglieder wie Rowlands Mutter und ihr Bruder David beteiligt waren.

Ihr Sohn Nick Cassavetes besetzte die Schauspielerin ebenfalls in mehreren seiner Filme, zum Beispiel in Nennen wir es Liebe, mit dem er ein Drehbuch seines verstorbenen Vaters verfilmte, sowie Ein Licht in meinem Herzen. 2009 erhielt sie für ihren Gastauftritt als Marge in der Serie Monk (Episode: Mr. Monk And The Lady Next Door) ihre achte Emmy-Nominierung. 2011 stand sie für den ersten mit einem Smartphone gedrehten Spielfilm Olive vor der Kamera.

Quelle: Wikipedia

Français

biography:
Virginia Cathryn Rowlands, dite Gena Rowlands, est une actrice américaine née le 19 juin 1930 à Cambria (Wisconsin).

Virginia Rowlands naît à Cambria, un village faisant partie de l'agglomération de Madison, dans le Wisconsin, au sein d'une famille d'origine galloise. En 1939, toute sa famille déménage à Washington lorsque son père est affecté au département de l’Agriculture des États-Unis. La famille rentre au Wisconsin en 1942, s'installant cette fois à Milwaukee.

Dès l'adolescence, elle est fascinée par Bette Davis, ce qui la pousse à prendre des cours de théâtre. Elle amorce des études supérieures à l'université du Wisconsin, mais abandonne tout et s'installe à New York pour suivre des cours à la American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Elle obtient son diplôme en 1952.

Elle amorce sa carrière sur les planches dans des compagnies théâtrales qui montent des pièces de répertoire et, l'été, joue du théâtre plus expérimental au Provincetown Playhouse. Elle fait ses débuts sur Broadway dans The Seven Year Itch de George Axelrod. Le succès de la production lui permet de faire une tournée nationale.

Elle obtient son premier rôle à la télévision en 1954 dans la série Top Secret aux côtés de Paul Stewart. Jusqu'à la fin des années 1960, elle apparaît au générique de nombreux épisodes de séries télévisées d'anthologie, dont Robert Montgomery Presents, Haute Tension (Kraft Suspense Theatre), Studio One et, à trois reprises, dans Suspicion (The Alfred Hitchcock Hour). Elle est également artiste invitée dans plusieurs séries policières ou westerns, comme Johnny Staccato, Bonanza ou Le Virginien. Enfin, elle incarne Teddy, la femme sourde-muette de l'inspecteur Steve Carella, joué par Robert Lansing, dans 87th Precinct (1961-1962), d'après les romans de Ed McBain.

Concurremment, à partir de 1958, elle décroche des contrats au cinéma: son premier film est L'amour coûte cher (The High Cost of Loving) de José Ferrer.

C'est à l'issue d'une représentation théâtrale qu'elle rencontre son futur époux John Cassavetes (mort en 1989). Ils se marient quatre mois après leur rencontre, en 1954. Elle est attirée par le théâtre et la télévision en direct, mais son époux est, lui, fasciné par le monde du cinéma. Elle dit: «Il savait si bien transmettre son enthousiasme que nous l'avons suivi les yeux fermés.»

Elle sera donc sa muse et tournera dix films avec lui. Sept d'entre eux, les plus importants, ont pour réalisateur Cassavetes: Un enfant attend (A Child Is Waiting, 1963), Faces (1968), Minnie et Moskowitz (Minnie and Moskowitz, 1971), Une femme sous influence (A Woman Under the Influence, 1974), rôle qui vaut à Rowlands une nomination pour l'Oscar de la meilleure actrice, Opening Night (1977), Gloria (1980), nouvelle nomination pour l'Oscar de la meilleure actrice, et Love Streams (1984). Dans les trois autres films, les époux jouent ensemble: Les Intouchables (Gli Intoccabili, 1969), Un tueur dans la foule (Two-Minute Warning, 1976), Tempête (Tempest, 1982). ...

Source: Article "Gena Rowlands" de Wikipédia en français, soumis à la licence CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Català

biography: Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands (Cambria, Wisconsin, 19 de juny de 1930) és una actriu estatunidenca. Des de l'adolescència, és fascinada per Bette Davis cosa que l'empeny a fer cursos de teatre. Al final d'una representació coneix el seu futur espòs John Cassavetes (mort el 1989) del qual va ser la musa i amb qui va rodar set pel·lícules. Es van casar quatre mesos després de la seva trobada.

普通话

吉娜·罗兰兹

biography: 弗吉尼亚·凯瑟琳·罗兰兹（Virginia Cathryn “Gena” Rowlands，1930年6月19日-），美国女演员。她曾四次获得艾美奖和两次金球奖，因与已故演员兼导演丈夫约翰·卡萨维茨合作拍摄了十部电影而闻名，包括《受影响的女人》（1974 年）和《格洛丽亚》（1980 年），这为她赢得了奥斯卡最佳女主角奖的提名。她还凭借《开幕之夜》（1977）获得了最佳女主角银熊奖。

普通话

珍娜·羅蘭

biography: 弗吉尼亞·凱瑟琳·羅蘭（Virginia Cathryn “Gena” Rowlands，1930 年 6 月 19 日-），美國女演員。她曾四次獲得艾美獎和兩次金球獎，因與已故演員兼導演丈夫約翰·卡薩維茨合作拍攝了十部電影而聞名，包括《受影響的女人》（1974 年）和《格洛麗亞》（1980 年），這為她贏得了奧斯卡最佳女主角獎的提名。她還憑藉《開幕之夜》（1977）獲得了最佳女主角銀熊獎。

日本語

ジーナ・ローランズ

biography:
米ウィスコンシン州マディソン出身。米国農務省や物価管理局の仕事を歴任した父に伴い、子供時代は米国内を転々とする。1950年、ウィスコンシン大学を卒業後ニューヨークに移り、アメリカン・アカデミー・オブ・ドラマティック・アーツで学んだ後に俳優の活動を開始。舞台やTVドラマで注目を集め、58年「The High Cost of Loving」で映画に初出演する。

学生時代に知り合ったジョン・カサベテスと54年に結婚し、「愛の奇跡」（63）を皮切りにカサベテスの監督作10作に出演。同監督の「こわれゆく女」（75）でアカデミー女優賞にノミネートされ、「オープニング・ナイト」（77）ではベルリン国際映画祭銀熊賞（最優秀女優賞）を受賞、「グロリア」（80）でもアカデミー主演女優賞にノミネートされた。

その他の主演作にデビッド・ミラー監督作「脱獄」（62）など。15年、アカデミー名誉賞を受賞。晩年はアルツハイマー型認知症を患っていた。 24年8月、カリフォルニア州で死去。

Italiano

biography: Virginia Cathryn "Gena" Rowlands (19 giugno 1930 – 14 agosto 2024) è stata un'attrice americana. Quattro volte vincitrice di Emmy e due volte Golden Globe, è nota per le sue collaborazioni con il defunto marito attore e regista John Cassavetes in dieci film, tra cui A Woman Under the Influence (1974) e Gloria (1980), che le valsero nomination all'Oscar come Miglior Attrice. Ha inoltre vinto l'Orso d'Argento come Miglior Attrice per la serata d'apertura (1977).

title: Night on Earth

overview: A quintet of cabbies in five cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.

title: Light of Day

overview: Cleveland siblings rise with a rock band while coping with personal problems.

title: Faces

overview: Middle-aged suburban husband Richard abruptly tells his wife, Maria, that he wants a divorce. As Richard takes up with a younger woman, Maria enjoys a night on the town with her friends and meets a younger man. As the couple and those around them confront a seemingly futile search for what they've lost -- love, excitement, passion -- this classic American independent film explores themes of aging and alienation.

title: Playing by Heart

overview: In a vibrant tapestry of love and longing, nine interconnected souls navigate romance and heartbreak in L.A., where passions collide and truths unfold, revealing that the heart's desires often lead us where we least expect.

title: Paris Je T'aime

overview: Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to choose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.

title: Gloria

overview: When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.

title: The Notebook

overview: An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.

title: Taking Lives

overview: Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is a museum employee who might be the killer's only eyewitness.

title: Another Woman

overview: Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to work undisturbed on her new book, but by some acoustic anomaly she can hear all that is said in the next apartment in which a psychiatrist holds his office. When she hears a young woman tell that she finds it harder and harder to bear her life, Marion starts to reflect on her own life. After a series of events she comes to understand how her unemotional attitude towards the people around her affected them and herself.

title: Two-Minute Warning

overview: A psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree in a Los Angeles football stadium during a major championship game. The police, led by Captain Peter Holly and the SWAT commander, learn of the plot and rush to the scene.

title: Minnie and Moskowitz

overview: Depressed and jaded after being dumped by her married boyfriend, aging beauty Minnie Moore wonders if she'll ever find love.  After shaggy-haired parking lot attendant Seymour Moskowitz comes to her defense from an angry and rebuffed blind date, he falls hopelessly in love with her despite their myriad differences.  Minnie reluctantly agrees to a date with Moskowitz, and, slowly but surely, an unlikely romance blossoms between the two.

title: The Brink's Job

overview: In 1950, a group of unlikely criminal masterminds commits the robbery of the century. Led by Tony Pino, a petty thief fresh out of prison, and Joe McGinnis, who specializes in planning lucrative capers, the gang robs Brink's main office in Boston of more than $2 million. However, things begin to go awry when the FBI gets involved, the cops start cracking down on the gang and McGinnis refuses to hand over the loot...

title: Tony Rome

overview: Tony Rome, a tough Miami PI living on a houseboat, is hired by a local millionaire to find jewelry stolen from his daughter, and in the process has several encounters with local hoods as well as the Miami Beach PD.

title: Hope Floats

overview: Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been sleeping with Birdee's husband, Bill. Birdee tries starting over with her daughter, Bernice, by returning to her small Texas hometown, but she's faced with petty old acquaintances who are thrilled to see Birdee unhappy -- except for her friend Justin. As he helps Birdee get back on her feet, love begins to blossom.

title: Opening Night

overview: Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic who is a few days from the opening night of her latest play, concerning a woman distraught about aging. One night a car kills one of Myrtle's fans who is chasing her limousine in an attempt to get the star's attention. Myrtle internalizes the accident and goes on a spiritual quest, but fails to finds the answers she is after. As opening night inches closer and closer, fragile Myrtle must find a way to make the show go on.

title: The Mighty

overview: Kevin, an intelligent guy helps out Maxwell to improve his reading skills. In return, Kevin wants Maxwell to take him out places since he is not authorized to go out. Being the social outcasts of the town, Kevin and Maxwell come to realize that they are similar to each other and accept that they are "freaks" and nothing will stop them.

title: Broken English

overview: Nora Wilder is freaking out. Everyone around her is either in a relationship, married, or has children, while she's in her thirties, alone with job she's outgrown and a mother who constantly reminds her of it all. Not to mention her best friend Audrey's "perfect marriage". But after a series of disastrous dates, Nora unexpectedly meets Julien, a quirky Frenchman who opens her eyes to a lot more than love.

title: The Skeleton Key

overview: A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.

title: Paulie

overview: Paulie, a talking parrot, recounts his travels looking for his original owner to a Russian janitor who helps him to the end of his journey.

title: A Woman Under the Influence

overview: Mabel Longhetti, desperate and lonely, is married to a Los Angeles municipal construction worker, Nick. Increasingly unstable, especially in the company of others, she craves happiness, but her extremely volatile behavior convinces Nick that she poses a danger to their family and decides to commit her to an institution for six months. Alone with a trio of kids to raise on his own, he awaits her return, which holds more than a few surprises.

title: Lonely are the Brave

overview: A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the penitentiary.

title: Hysterical Blindness

overview: Two friends lament their unhappy single lives while searching for Mr. Right in 1980s New Jersey.

title: Machine Gun McCain

overview: After serving 12 years behind bars for armed robbery, tough guy Hank McCain finds himself the pawn of a ruthless mob runt's rebellion against a high level don. When McCain discovers that he's been betrayed and abandoned by his new employer, he retaliates with a high stakes Las Vegas casino heist that erupts into all-out war on the streets of Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York. Neither blood, nor lust, nor wedding vows can come between McCain and his money ... or his machine gun.

title: Once Around

overview: Renata Bella feels like a failure at life and career. But when Renata attends a seminar on selling real estate, she finally finds True Love. Sam Sharpe, while a top-notch, successful salesman, is much older than Renata. She is swept away by his excessively flamboyant style and irrepressible nature. The very traits she finds romantic, however, lead to repeated conflict with her family, especially her beloved father Joe, leaving Renata trapped in the middle.

title: Unhook the Stars

overview: Widowed mother Mildred must suddenly redefine herself and find an outlet for her nurturing side when her adult daughter moves out of the family home. Though Mildred thinks she's found her purpose when her neighbor, overworked single mother Monica, asks her to look after her little boy, she has great difficulty learning to strike a healthy balance between giving selflessly to others and remembering to take care of herself.

title: The Neon Bible

overview: During a train ride, a teenager recalls his upbringing in 1940s small-town Georgia and the events that have led to this point.

title: Tempest

overview: A sobering mid-life crisis fuels dissatisfaction in Philip Dimitrius, to the extent where the successful architect trades his marriage and career in for a spiritual exile on a remote Greek island where he hopes to conjure meaning into his life - trying the patience of his new girlfriend and angst-ridden teenage daughter.

title: Something to Talk About

overview: Grace King Bichon, who is managing her father's riding-stable, discovers that her husband Eddie is deceiving her with another woman. After confronting him in the middle of the night on the streets of their small home town, she decides to stay at her sister Emma Rae's house for a while to make up her mind. Breaking out of her everyday life, she starts to question the authority of everyone.

title: Wild Iris

overview: A depressed woman battles with her mother and abuses alcohol following the suicide of her husband.

title: Love Streams

overview: Two closely-bound, emotionally wounded siblings reunite after years apart.

title: Charms for the Easy Life

overview: The story of three women who live in a North Carolina town and defy the traditional roles set forth for them by society.

title: 1001 Nights

overview: Presented in the form of a feverish love dream, 1001 Nights is the first and only installment of the ground-breaking "Filmharmonic" project, which presents original compositions created by pairs of A-list film composers and directors.

title: An Early Frost

overview: Successful lawyer Michael Pierson is gay, but he has always hidden this part of his life from his mother, Katherine, father, Nick, and grandmother Beatrice. But when Michael discovers he has AIDS and is dying of complications from the disease, he must open up to his parents and the rest of his family. Though fearful of their reactions, he introduces them to his longtime lover, Peter, and looks to them for support.

title: Yellow

overview: A young substitute teacher escapes from her drudging everyday life by fantasizing about bizarre parallel realities.

title: What If God Were the Sun?

overview: A grieving nurse finds comfort and inspiration in her new assignment, where she meets a terminally ill woman with a quick with and strong faith.

title: Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

overview: Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form.  Award-winning filmmaker Rick McKay filmed over 100 of the greatest stars ever to work on Broadway or in Hollywood.  He soon learned that great films can be restored, fine literature can be kept in print - but historic Broadway performances of the past are the most endangered.  They leave only memories that, while more vivid, are more difficult to preserve.  In their own words — and not a moment too soon — Broadway: The Golden Age tells the stories of our theatrical legends, how they came to New York, and how they created this legendary century in American theatre.  This is the largest cast of legends ever in one film.

original_title: Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

title: A Child Is Waiting

overview: Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of a state institution for intellectually disabled children. Jean Hansen, a former music teacher anxious to give her life some meaning, joins the staff of the hospital. Jean, who tries to shelter the children with her love, suspiciously regards Dr. Clark's stern training methods. She becomes emotionally involved with 12-year-old Reuben Widdicombe, who has been abandoned by his divorced parents.

title: Crazy in Love

overview: Three generations of women live on a small island off the coast of Washington state with their men with whom they have no end of problems.

title: The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie

overview: A troubled teen is given the chance to redeem his criminal debt to society.

title: Silent Cries

overview: In 1942, the Japanese occupied the island of Singapore. During the take-over, not only military soldiers were taken prisoner, but also innocent civilians, particularly women and children. This is the story of a group of women who band together to face brutal treatment, harsh conditions, and ruthless captors to survive their internment.

title: Anything for John

overview: An intimate portrait of actor-writer-director John Cassavetes and a loving tribute to his genius for studying and depicting the human character. In-depth, candid interviews with his wife and muse Gena Rowlands as well as his most trusted friends and co-workers like Peter Falk, Ben Gazzara, Seymour Cassel, etc. Clips from Cassavetes' greatest films, and many rare photos illustrate this touching documentary.

title: John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All

original_title: John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All

title: The Spiral Road

overview: A selfish and prideful young Dutch doctor, through a series of circumstances, comes to learn that he does indeed "need" a higher spiritual being and other people.

title: The High Cost of Loving

overview: Middle-aged middle-manager Jim Fry, with the same company for fifteen years, is in a comfortable rut. But life becomes less predictable when he doesn't receive an invitation to an important luncheon being held by the new company president. Convinced that he's about to lose his job, Jim begins to mull over his limited prospects when his wife confirms that she's pregnant.

title: The Weekend

overview: Marian and John Kerr are expecting an old friend, Lyle for a weekend visit to their beautiful upstate New York home. Emotions run high since it is the one-year anniversary of the death of John's brother, the handsome and charismatic Tony, who had also been Lyle`s lover. Marian, who is still inconsolable after losing Tony to AIDS, is upset when Lyle brings his new boyfriend, a young artist, Robert. Meanwhile, the situation is just as tense at the Kerr`s neighbors' house, where oft-widowed, free spirit Laura Ponti gets a surprise visit from her resentful, angry daughter, Nina, and her married lover, Thierry. Matters worsen when the battling mother-daughter duo joins the Kerr household for a dinner party, where the pain-riddled diners engage in a messy emotional showdown.

title: The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

overview: Georgia Potter, an old-fashioned widow who lives in a small Southern town, whose life changes drastically when her estranged daughter and the son-in-law she never met die in a car crash. When she visits her granddaughter Jacey in the hospital, she’s shocked to discover that she’s half black, but conceals her misgivings and decides to raise her by herself.

title: The Betty Ford Story

overview: This biographical film was based on the book The Times of My Life written by Chris Chase and Betty Ford.

title: Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter

overview: A woman, who had left home 20 years previously under acrimonious circumstances, finds out that she is terminally ill. She returns home and tries to rebuild her relationship with her embittered mother before she dies.

original_title: Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter

title: Face of a Stranger

overview: After the death of her husband, Pat learns that he gambled away all of their savings and that she's now destitute. She may even have to leave their apartment. Much to the embarrassment of her daughter Tina, who wants to marry a rich snob, she helps the homeless Dollie, who lives in a cardboard box near her building, and they become friends

title: Parts Per Billion

overview: The interwoven stories of three couples which are forced to make life-altering decisions in the face of a disastrous war. Inspired and sometimes blinded by their love, Len, Mia, Andy, Esther, Anna and Erik are as flawed and beautiful as any of the billions who are facing this human-made biological disaster.

title: Edge of Outside

overview: An hour-long documentary designed to celebrate the spirit of the independent filmmaker from D.W. Griffith to Quentin Tarantino. Interview footage and film clips are blended together to form a chronological approach to the subject matter.

title: Olive

overview: A mysterious child with magical powers and a great secret, invades the lives of three lonely people who learn to embrace life once again.

title: Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

overview: Combining unprecedented access to Davis' vast personal archives with original interviews, this documentary reveals a startling portrait of one of Hollywood's most gifted and enigmatic stars.

title: Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks

overview: A retired woman hires a dance instructor to give her private dance lessons at her home -- one per week for six weeks. What begins as an antagonistic relationship turns into a close friendship as they dance together.

title: Parallel Lives

overview: A college reunion turns into a tangled web of passion, romance and intrigue as old friends and enemies catch up with each other's lives. Includes a long list of stars.

title: Nick Quarry

overview: A 10 minute demo reel for a proposed TV series based on the Tony Rome PI movies. With an original score by Jerry Goldsmith.

title: A Question of Love

overview: A lesbian mother fights to keep her son when a custody suit is brought by her ex-husband.

title: Faces

overview: James Benning’s "remake" of John Cassavetes’s Faces (1968) is an unexpected venture into the world of found footage filmmaking. As Benning explains, he’s reconstructed Cassavetes’s Faces in such a way that it’s comprised entirely of shots of single faces, each actor and actress is on screen as long as he or she is in the original and each scene is exactly as long as it is in the original. This reconstruction, he notes, remains steadfastly true to its title

title: Unfortunate Circumstances

title: Nederland C

title: Thursday's Child

overview: Sam Alden is the 17-year-old high school star player in baseball who seems to have it all. However, his family notices that he is often bothered with fits of coughing. Worried, his parents decide to take him to the hospital, where they are shocked to find out that he has a life-threatening heart disease. Sam has trouble dealing with his illness, but he pretends to still be a joyful teenager to not have his parents worrying even more than they already do. His health is deteriorating, though, and it is eventually revealed that he needs a heart transplant if he wants to survive. This is the beginning of a long journey, which is mentally and physically exhausting. Sam has countless operations, and tests. The search for a donor seems endless to him. Even before the final operation, Sam is forced to deal with several setbacks in his life.

title: I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work

overview: Filmmaker Michael Ventura follows Cassavetes around as the actor/director labors on his final film, Love Streams.

original_title: I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes — The Man and His Work

title: Best Friends for Life

overview: Sarah and Harriet have been best friends since childhood. They married at the same time, had children within the same year and now find themselves facing uncertain futures after the sudden deaths of their husbands. Though they have much in common, Sarah is a relaxed nature lover, while Harriet is intense and set in her ways. Sarah has been able to move on with her life with the help of her mother, her maid Katie and Will, the new man in her life. Harriet is unable to cope with her loss and her relationship with her daughter Pammy is strained. When Harriet is diagnosed with a serious illness, she and Sarah learn a lesson about love and friendship.

title: Grace & Glorie

overview: When a lonely ex-New Yorker moves into the home of a rural senior to act as a hospice worker, the two initially couldn't seem to be less alike. However, as time passes, the two find much kinship including a lost child. Slowly the two build a bond and learn about life.

title: Montana

overview: Hoyce and Bess Guthrie are long married Montana ranchers who come to a major crossroads in their lives. An oil company has offered to buy them out and Hoyce wants to sell while Bess hopes to keep the land in the family for future generations.

title: Light Keeps Me Company

overview: Carl-Gustaf Nykvist's documentary about his father, Sven Nykvist. The film is based on Sven's memoirs with Sven himself as narrator. A journey to the place of birth, Moheda, constitutes the hub of the film and during the journey friends and memories emerge. Written by Fredrik Klasson

title: A Constant Forge

overview: One of the great mavericks of cinema, John Cassavetes has earned a reputation as the godfather of American independent movies. The actor-turned-filmmaker invented a realist style of unadorned narrative films heavily influenced by documentaries. This in-depth analysis of Cassavetes' life and work features interviews with key collaborators and ensemble regulars, and explores the making of classics like "The Killing of a Chinese Bookie," "Opening Night" and "A Woman Under the Influence."

title: She's So Lovely

overview: After being released from a psychiatric institution, a man tries to redeem himself in the eyes of his now-ex wife from the events that led up to his incarceration.

title: Cannes: All Access

overview: From its simple beginnings in 1939 in a sleepy beach town in the south of France, the prestigious Cannes Film Festival has become the must-attend red carpet event of the year. Filmmaker Richard Schickel's fascinating documentary captures the glitz and glamour of the festival's incredible 60-year run with archival footage and unforgettable moments. Hollywood's biggest names including Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, Sharon Stone and Harvey Weinstein talk about the politics, madness, and thrills of competing for one of the industry's highest honors - the coveted Palme d'Or - and what it's like to be at the most fabulous festival by the sea.

title: Hollywood Mavericks

overview: A documentary focusing on seventeen maverick directors who were not afraid to break the rules of filmmaking to advance their art. Among the classic directors profiled are D.W. Griffith, Josef von Sternberg, Erich Von Stroheim, and Preston Sturges up until more current filmmakers like David Lynch, Robert Altman, and Martin Scorsese..

title: Bette Davis: Larger Than Life

overview: Bette Davis is the most disturbing film diva Hollywood has ever seen. Her life and her roles reflect the fractures in the American image of women. She was dominant, intelligent, sometimes heartless and yet above all she wanted to be loved. This did not work out in her private life. She was too strong for the men. But the public always loved her!

title: Making 'Faces'

overview: A documentary featuring interviews with actors Lynn Carlin, Gena Rowlands, and Seymour Cassel, and cinematographer Al Ruban, in which they recall how John Cassavetes' Faces came to exist.

title: Watching Gena Rowlands

overview: Sheila O'Malley's visual essay "Watching Gena Rowlands" rounds out the set by focusing on Rowlands’ collaborations with Cassavetes.

title: Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film

overview: An intimate portrait of the superb actress Gena Rowlands, icon of independent cinema. Together with her husband, legendary director John Cassavetes (1929-89), she lived an unusual life beyond the dream factory, a life in which reality and fiction were so perfectly intertwined that it made possible films that still today seem incredibly real.

original_title: Gena Rowlands — Unabhängig im Kino und im Leben

title: Rapunzel

overview: A sinister witch steals the baby of a simple candlemaker and his wife and names her Rapunzel. Determined to keep Rapunzel for herself, the witch locks her up in a tall tower all alone, with no way in or out except by climbing her long, braided hair. Wonders and dangers occur when the girl meets a handsome prince.

title: Shadows

overview: The relationship between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia’s darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh, and discovers that her racial heritage is not what he thought it was.

character: Woman in Nightclub Audience (uncredited)

title: Husbands

overview: A common friend's sudden death brings three men, married with children, to reconsider their lives and ultimately leave the country together. But mindless enthusiasm for regained freedom will be short-lived.

title: Ted & Venus

overview: Ted is a 1970s Venice Beach poet who spends his days drifting along the boardwalk, reciting his poetry to anyone who will listen. His life changes when a bikini-clad beauty named Linda strolls by him. Instantly, Ted believes he's found his "Venus" and becomes obsessed with Linda. He tries to woo her with poetry, obscene phone calls and romantic overtures, all to disastrous effect.

title: Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

overview: Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by a diverse cast of Broadway stars who lived through it, creating a first-hand archive of personal backstage stories and memories. The new documentary is the long-awaited sequel to late filmmaker Rick McKay’s award-winning 2003 film Broadway: The Golden Age, continuing the saga into the '60s and '70s and spotlighting beloved classic Broadway shows including Once Upon a Mattress, Bye Bye Birdie, Barefoot in the Park, Pippin, A Chorus Line, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Chicago, and 42nd Street. Featuring a galaxy of stars including Alec Baldwin, Carol Burnett, Glenn Close, André De Shields, Jane Fonda, Robert Goulet, Liza Minnelli, Chita Rivera, Dick Van Dyke, Ben Vereen, and many more, the film also includes rare archival photos and never-before-seen footage both onstage and off.

title: Heart of the Festival

overview: A short film containing some of the highlights of the Cannes Film Festival's storied history.

title: Peter Falk versus Columbo

overview: For millions of viewers, Peter Falk is Columbo. Despite playing the quintessential blue-collar TV detective of the '70s and '80s, his early career is rarely explored. Using archive footage, interviews and extracts from his films and the TV show, the documentary pays tribute to the immortal character of Columbo, while shedding light on the actor’s life, one full of twists and turns, ups and downs.

title: Paris Je T'aime

title: All About My Mother

overview: Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.

title: Night on Earth

title: Light of Day

title: Faces

title: Playing by Heart

title: Paris Je T'aime

title: Gloria

title: The Notebook

title: Taking Lives

title: Another Woman

title: Two-Minute Warning

title: Minnie and Moskowitz

title: The Brink's Job

title: Tony Rome

title: Hope Floats

title: Opening Night

title: The Mighty

title: Broken English

title: The Skeleton Key

title: Paulie

title: A Woman Under the Influence

title: Lonely are the Brave

title: Hysterical Blindness

title: Machine Gun McCain

title: Once Around

title: Unhook the Stars

title: The Neon Bible

title: Tempest

title: Something to Talk About

title: Wild Iris

title: Love Streams

title: Charms for the Easy Life

title: 1001 Nights

title: An Early Frost

title: Yellow

title: What If God Were the Sun?

title: A Child Is Waiting

title: Crazy in Love

title: The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie

title: Silent Cries

title: Anything for John

title: The Spiral Road

title: The High Cost of Loving

title: The Weekend

title: The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

title: The Betty Ford Story

title: Face of a Stranger

title: Parts Per Billion

title: Edge of Outside

title: Olive

title: Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

title: Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks

title: Parallel Lives

title: Nick Quarry

title: A Question of Love

title: Faces

title: Unfortunate Circumstances

title: Nederland C

title: Thursday's Child

title: Best Friends for Life

title: Grace & Glorie

title: Montana

title: Light Keeps Me Company

title: A Constant Forge

title: She's So Lovely

title: Cannes: All Access

title: Hollywood Mavericks

title: Bette Davis: Larger Than Life

title: Making 'Faces'

title: Watching Gena Rowlands

title: Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film

title: Rapunzel

title: Shadows

title: Husbands

title: Ted & Venus

title: Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

title: Heart of the Festival

title: Peter Falk versus Columbo

title: Paris Je T'aime

title: All About My Mother


Sakari Kuosmanen

biography:
Sakari Jyrki Kuosmanen (born 6 September 1956 in Helsinki) is a Finnish singer and actor. He has recorded several solo albums and has also done work with Sleepy Sleepers and Leningrad Cowboys. He appeared as himself on the Finnish television series Aaken ja Sakun kesäkeittiö in 1999.

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Lihaksia ja luoteja

overview: Humoristic police series made by Kummeli comedy group. It includes some characters from Kummeli TV-series.

character: Massimo Mussolini di Centile

original_name: Lihaksia ja luoteja

original_language: fi

The Man Who Died

overview: Jaakko, a mushroom entrepreneur, finds out too late that he has been fatally slow-poisoned by persons unknown. He sets out to find the culprits before he dies.

character: Ilari

original_name: Mies joka kuoli

English

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suomi

Sakari Kuosmanen

biography:
Sakari ”Saku” Kuosmanen (s. 6. syyskuuta 1956 Helsinki) on suomalainen laulaja ja näyttelijä. Hän on levyttänyt useita sooloalbumeita ja tehnyt yhteistyötä Sleepy Sleepersin ja Leningrad Cowboysin kanssa. Kuosmanen on myös ohjaaja Aki Kaurismäen luottonäyttelijä.

Kuosmasen taiteilijaprofiili on muuttunut ajan myötä merkittävästi. 1980-luvulla hän identifioitui rokkiin, nykyään hänet nähdään iskelmän tekijänä. Hän on myös tehnyt televisioon Aake Kallialan kanssa ohjelmasarjan Aaken ja Sakun kesäkeittiö vuonna 1999.

Kuosmanen on ollut mukana myös ravintolabisneksessä. Hän on pitänyt ravintoloita Kuopion matkustajasatamassa Galley Kalamarinassa, Playa del Inglesissä, Lempäälän Ideaparkissa ja Nuorgamissa.

Kuosmanen asuu Siilinjärvellä ja hänellä on neljä lasta.

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english_name: Finnish

Deutsch

biography: Sakari Jyrki Kuosmanen ist ein finnischer Schauspieler und Musiker

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iso_3166_1: DE

english_name: German

日本語

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english_name: Latvian

title: Shadows in Paradise

overview: Nikander, a rubbish collector and would-be entrepreneur, finds his plans for success dashed when his business associate dies. One evening, he meets Ilona, a down-on-her-luck cashier, in a local supermarket. Falteringly, a bond begins to develop between them.

character: Melartin

original_title: Varjoja paratiisissa

title: Night on Earth

overview: A quintet of cabbies in five cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.

character: Man #2 Helsinki

original_title: Night on Earth

title: The Man Without a Past

overview: Arriving in Helsinki, a nameless man is beaten within an inch of his life by thugs, miraculously recovering only to find that he has completely lost his memory. Back on the streets, he attempts to begin again from zero, befriending a moody dog and becoming besotted with a Salvation Army volunteer.

character: Anttila

original_title: Mies vailla menneisyyttä

title: Drifting Clouds

overview: The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together they must hit the streets of Helsinki, facing up to hardship and humiliation in their quest for survival, guided through the gloom by a ray of hope.

original_title: Kauas pilvet karkaavat

title: The Missile

overview: Niina, a single mother working for a small-town newspaper, is drawn into an investigation into the fall of a Soviet missile that upends her life and that of her small northern village.

character: Grandpa

original_title: Ohjus

title: Rocky VI

overview: Not to be confused with any of the sequels to Sylvester Stallone's classic Oscar-winning Rocky, this short film from Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki is actually meant as a parody of the late Cold War-era Rocky IV, which saw Stallone's character taking on a juiced-up Russian fighter played by Dolph Lundgren. In this 1986 send-up, Rock'y, played by Silu Seppala, goes head to head with Soviet Igor (Sakari Kuosmanen) and loses.

character: Igor

original_title: Rock'y VI

title: Fallen Leaves

overview: In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles – from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.

character: Man in the Travel Home

original_title: Kuolleet lehdet

title: Cha Cha Cha

overview: A lawyer pays a visit to Matti Ojanperä, a bum living under a bridge in the Helsinki harbour, to inform him that he is about to inherit an American aunt of his. The sum 1,000,000 Fmk would be his, if only he meets the qualifications set by his aunt.  He must show that he is capable of 'living properly' and possessing a 'respectable occupation and a family he can support'. Otherwise the money would go to a foundation the chairman of which the lawyer himself happens to be!

character: Croupier

original_title: Cha Cha Cha

title: Calamari Union

overview: A group of men all called Frank—except for one named Pekka—have had enough of life in their working-class neighborhood, so they set off for a better existence in the magical seaside district of Eira. But the way is long, and the group face many hurdles including stray dogs and defunct streetlights.

character: Frank Armoton

original_title: Calamari Union

title: Ariel

overview: A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.

character: Doorman (voice) (uncredited)

original_title: Ariel

title: Macbeth

overview: A Finnish film version of Macbeth.  Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

character: Tappaja

original_title: Macbeth

title: Helsinki Napoli All Night Long

overview: A Finnish taxi driver in Berlin gets in over his head when he accepts a fare from two men with briefcases full of money stolen from ruthless gangsters.

character: Young Gangster

original_title: Helsinki Napoli All Night Long

title: Leningrad Cowboys Go America

overview: The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Siberian musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune. As they cross the country, trying to get to a wedding in Mexico, they are followed by the village idiot, who wishes to join the band.

character: The Leningrad Cowboys

original_title: Leningrad Cowboys Go America

title: Fire Lily

overview: The mystical and thrilling drama asks what sort of reality can give our life meaning. The film tells the story of Pia (38), an ophthalmologist, whose marriage has recently ended because she was not able to have children. As she strives to move forward with her life, Pia learns the unknown but also finds her inner strength. Unexpectedly, her deepest wish to become a mother materializes, but not quite in the way she imagined it.

character: Jukka

original_title: Tuliliilia

original_language: et

title: Total Balalaika Show

overview: A 57-minute documentary of a Helsinki concert featuring the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov Red Army Choir and Ballet, who collaborate on a number of US Rock songs sung in English (like "Sweet Home, Alabama") as well as more traditional Russian songs like the "Volga Boatman."

character: Self

original_title: Total Balalaika Show

title: Jope – Just Think for Yourself

overview: An overweight boy who was a bullied at school grew up to become a beloved comedian, folk artist Jope Ruonansuu. He was a versatile entertainer, but above all an impressionist, able to imitate more than 150 characters from the ruling class. Jope's journey was a natural extension of the post-war "Rillumarei" -culture. He broke through when the monoculturalism was at its most vibrant and grew in popularity as it began to crumble. With weight loss surgery, Jope sought a healthier life, but also to shed the extra pounds and childhood traumas. After the surgery, he was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer, but continued to fight, developing a number of different projects, including an anti-bullying campaign together with the President of Finland, Sauli Niinistö. The project was to culminate in a joint visit to Syväkangas school, in Jope's home town of Kemi. Jope passed away before then, but Niinistö kept his promise.

original_title: Jope ite

title: Juha

overview: A farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her in a brothel.

character: Juha

original_title: Juha

title: The Other Side of Hope

overview: A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who  has recently arrived in Finland.

character: Wikström

original_title: Toivon tuolla puolen

title: The House of Branching Love

overview: The story recounts the breakup of a thirty-something professional couple - Juhani, a family therapist, and his wife, Tuula, a successful business trainer.

character: Boogie

original_title: Haarautuvan rakkauden talo

title: Rally On!

overview: This rollicking sports comedy from Finnish director Markku Polonen follows the exploits of Seppo 'Sladi' Pesonen, an ex-top-tiered race car driver now reduced to instructing students at a driving school. To relieve the monotony of this undesired career, Pesonen builds "Team Susan," a road rally team based at Pekkarinen's Garage in the Finnish countryside. Soon, Sladi's nephew Luumu arrives from Helsinki and learns of the team, his enthusiasm skyrockets and he hops on board with the assist of mechanic Suko. Yet the men encounter Machiavellian sabotage at the hands of the vile Torppo, the owner of the lot that contains Pekkarinen's Garage, who is determined to interfere with the plans of Team Susan.

character: Raimo 'Runki' Pettersson

original_title: Ralliraita

title: Pearls and Pigs

overview: When their bootlegging father ends up in jail, four twenty-something brothers need money to pay his debts to local crooks. Next, their 9-year-old half-sister is dumped on their doorstep by her prostitute mother. A karaoke set helps reveal that the little girl is quite a singer, just as a talent contest for children is coming up on national television offering more than enough money to the winner.

character: Lehikoinen

original_title: Helmiä ja sikoja

title: Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan

overview: A new ice age is coming to England. All energy sources have been depleted and despair is taking over the earth. The young king decides to use his last trump card before his power collapses and anarchy reigns over the island kingdom.

character: Singing Soldier

original_title: Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan

title: Iron Horsemen

overview: Bad Trip, a biker who has been freshly inducted into a gang, flees from them after stealing one of their bikes.

character: Gengis Can

original_title: Iron Horsemen

title: Your Honor

overview: The Judge (Mait Malmsten) is a man who represents strict rules and laws in the courtroom. However, his own personal life is an absolute mess. After the judge makes a decision to give a long prison sentence to a woman, the woman’s brother (Märt Avandi) starts following the judge to change his mind about the verdict. The judge stays adamant. The verdict is final. A conflict takes place between the men, resulting in the judge suddenly becoming a criminal himself.  Unable to confess his crime, the judge escapes to Finland, where a series of comedic twists and turns lead him to a number of strange people and comical situations. However, the shadows of his dark deeds keep haunting him. To leave his dark crime behind and to fix his earlier decisions, the judge returns home.

character: Stranger

original_title: Kohtunik

title: King of Hearts

overview: The story of Kari Tapio, who sang his way into the hearts of the Finns in the 70's and whose popularity lasted until his death in 2010.

character: roudari Pussinen

original_title: Olen suomalainen

title: Raptures

overview: Rakel is a strict Christian believer living in the far north of 1930s Sweden. When her husband forms a sectarian movement, with directions straight from God, she has no choice but to join the increasingly explicit cult.

character: Rakelin isä

original_title: Valitut

place_of_birth: Helsinki, Finland

title: Shadows in Paradise

title: Night on Earth

title: The Man Without a Past

title: Drifting Clouds

title: The Missile

title: Rocky VI

title: Fallen Leaves

title: Cha Cha Cha

title: Calamari Union

title: Ariel

title: Macbeth

title: Helsinki Napoli All Night Long

title: Leningrad Cowboys Go America

title: Fire Lily

title: Total Balalaika Show

title: Jope – Just Think for Yourself

title: Juha

title: The Other Side of Hope

title: Pearls and Pigs

title: The House of Branching Love

title: Rally On!

title: Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan

title: Iron Horsemen

title: Your Honor

title: King of Hearts

title: Raptures