Merja Larivaara

A study in childhood in a Finnish summer, beautifully acted by two young girls such that you entirely forget this is scripted play, and breathtakingly innocuous. (IMDB Comments)

Pentti Anttila is a journalist, who accidentally ends up in to a mental institution. There he meets a woman, who claims that she is being kept there by force. Penttilä starts to investigate the case and he ends up in to a little town named Järvensuu. There he drifts in to a conflict with the local mob. (imdb)

Urho Kekkonen sat as president for 26 years and he now coming in this small village. Villagers any of them try through that visit be that day "bigger than life".

A week-long glimpse into the wretched existence of Ripa, a long-haired, hard-drinking lug. He is also a filmmaker-wannabee, whose last two projects were condemned for their sex and violence. A Parasite Deluxe, who barely recalls his previous night, Ripa cruises the bars and meets bank-teller Tiina. (imdb)

The film, based on true events, tells the story of a young farm mistress (Merja Larivaara), who, overcome by depression and mental illness, ends up drowning her two children in a well. [wikipedia.org]