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Mikko Leppilampi
Mikko Johannes Leppilampi (born 22 September 1978) is a Finnish actor, musician, and TV host. He is the son of Jukka Leppilampi (born 1954), a Finnish gospel musician. Leppilampi is considered to be one of the most promising stars of Finland's movie industry in the new millennium. He shot to fame as a result of his debut movie '' Helmiä ja sikoja'', for which he also won a Jussi award. Career In the 2005 film '' Kaksipäisen kotkan varjossa'', he starred as a poet in the early 20th century when Finland was part of Russia, working with actors such as Vesa-Matti Loiri and director Timo Koivusalo. In addition to acting, Leppilampi has been actively involved in the music scene. His first full-length album, which bears his name, was published on 10 May 2006. He has also sung on the soundtracks of some of the movies he has starred in. On 10–12 May 2007, Leppilampi hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki together with television host Jaana Pelkonen. In the 2008 editi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pälkäne
Pälkäne () is a municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa regions of Finland, region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which . The population density is . Onkkaala is the administrative center of the municipality. Tampere is located northwest of the center of Pälkäne. The municipality is unilingually Finnish language, Finnish. Many people from Helsinki and the surrounding cities own summer cottages and residences in Pälkäne, making the small town very busy during summer vacation seasons. Pälkäne is a very popular summer vacation resort given its diverse services, high-quality swimming beach, beautiful nature and close location to big cities. From start of year 2007 Pälkäne and Luopioinen were merged to a new municipality of Pälkäne. Geography Nature The landscape of Pälkäne is dominated by several lakes, the largest of which are Lake Mallasvesi on the west side of Onkkaala and Lake Pälkäneves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaana Pelkonen
Jaana Pelkonen (born 27 January 1977) is a Finnish politician and television presenter. Career Pelkonen's media career started as a radio presenter for ''Radio 99'' in Lahti in 1995–1997. She became famous in Finland as the host of the video gaming show '' Tilt'' in 1997–2005 and the youth program Jyrki in 1998. In 2001–2002 she hosted an entertainment travel show called ''FarOut''. She has also hosted the Finnish qualifications of the Eurovision Song Contest for five years. On 12 May 2007 Pelkonen hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 together with Mikko Leppilampi. She also gave the Finnish votes in the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 held in Glasgow, Scotland which was the second ever Dance Contest. She earned her master's degree in political science from Helsinki University in 2007, after graduation she worked as an assistant for the Finnish Minister of Communications Suvi Lindén. Pelkonen received attention in Finland when she took part in the 2008 local elections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Italian Key
''The Italian Key'' is a 2011 film directed and written by Rosa Karo. The film follows the story of Cabella, a 19-year-old orphan girl, who travels to Italy after she has inherited an old key from her unrelated Uncle Max. Plot Upon receiving a key from her Uncle Max, orphaned Cabella travels to Italy where she discovers the key is related to a house of the same name, Cabella, near a village. While traveling she loses the key during a stop near a waterfall where she goes for a swim. A mysterious man locates the key and returns it to Cabella, who travels to the village, locates the house, and uses the key to gain entry. The day after her arrival, Cabella goes to the local market where she finds the mysterious man working, and learns from his cousin, Maria, (played by Johanna Calocci), that his name is Leo (Leo Vertunni) and that his is a deaf mute. Maria and Cabella become friends and Maria introduces her sisters Sophia (Elisa Cartocci) and Giulia (Isadora Cartocci) to Cabella. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hustlers (film)
''The Hustlers'' () is a 2010 Finnish comedy film directed by Lauri Nurkse. Cast * Mikko Leppilampi as Saku * Antti Luusuaniemi as Ässä * Pihla Viitala Pihla Viitala (born 30 September 1982) is a Finnish actress. She studied acting at the Helsinki Theatre Academy. Personal life In 2004, Viitala married musician Kerkko Koskinen; the couple divorced in 2008. She married Kazakhs, Kazakh-Germans ... as Anna * as Vilma * Malla Malmivaara as Rita * as Alex * as Stefu * Eero Ritala as Panu References External links * 2010 comedy films 2010 films Finnish comedy films 2010s Finnish-language films 2010s Finnish films {{Finland-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pihalla
''Pihalla'' is a 2009 Finnish film directed by Toni Laine Toni, Toñi or Tóni is a unisex given name used in several European countries as well as among individuals with ancestry from these countries outside Europe. In Spanish, Italian, Croatian and Finnish, it is a masculine given name used as a sho .... The release date for the film was 23 October 2009. References External links * * 2009 films 2000s Finnish-language films 2000s German-language films Finnish drama films 2000s English-language films 2009 multilingual films Finnish multilingual films 2000s Finnish films English-language Finnish films {{2000s-Finland-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joulutarina
''Christmas Story'' () is a 2007 Finnish Christmas drama film directed by Juha Wuolijoki. It is the story of how an orphan called Nikolas became Santa Claus. Plot Many years ago, in Lapland, a boy named Nikolas is orphaned when his family are killed in an accident. The heads of the families in the village meet to decide his future and, as life in the arctic is difficult, it is decided that as no one family could care for him permanently, they would raise him communally, with each family taking him for one year, starting on Christmas Day, and then moving him on to the next. Grateful, Nikolas begins whittling toys out of wood as a gift which, each Christmas, he leaves for the family that cared for him. It becomes a tradition from then, with Nikolas never forgets the children of those families that received him each year. When a blight hits the village, and none of the families can afford to take him in for the next year, he is taken in by grumpy hermit, carpenter named Iisakki, bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saippuaprinssi
''Saippuaprinssi'' ("Soap Prince") is a 2006 Finnish romantic comedy film directed by Janne Kuusi starring Mikko Leppilampi and Pamela Tola. Aleksi Bardy wrote the script. Cast *Pamela Tola .... Ilona *Mikko Leppilampi .... Kalle/Antero * Outi Mäenpää .... Raakel *Teijo Eloranta .... Tape Recorder * Kristiina Halttu .... Reija/Seija (as Kristina Halttu) *Sari Havas .... Writer * Jarmo Hyttinen .... Angel (as Jami Hyttinen) * Julia Jokinen .... Script girl *Risto Kaskilahti .... Mixer * Tommi Korpela .... Assistant director *Jani Volanen .... Director *Anu Koskinen Anu ( , from 𒀭 ''an'' "Sky", "Heaven") or Anum, originally An ( ), was the divine personification of the sky, king of the gods, and ancestor of many of the deities in ancient Mesopotamian religion. He was regarded as a source of both divi ... .... Receptionist * Jukka-Pekka Palo .... Kalela, head of TV-channel * Juha Veijonen .... Actor Laaksonen * Pete Lattu .... Amateur actor Leo * Anna Paav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madagascar (2005 Film)
''Madagascar'' is a 2005 American animated survival comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and PDI/DreamWorks, and distributed by DreamWorks Pictures. It was directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath, who co-wrote the script with Mark Burton and Billy Frolick, and stars Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer and Jada Pinkett Smith as a quartet of animals from the Central Park Zoo who find themselves stranded on the island of Madagascar and must adjust to living in the wild. The film features a musical score by Hans Zimmer. It also features a cover version of "I Like to Move It" by Sacha Baron Cohen, which has since become a recurring theme song throughout the franchise. Released in theaters on May 27, 2005, ''Madagascar'' received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the visuals and charm but criticized the story and humor. It was a success at the box office, grossing $556.6 million on a production budget of $75 million, becoming the sixth highest-grossing film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paha Maa
''Frozen Land'' () is a 2005 Finnish drama film directed and written by Aku Louhimies starring Jasper Pääkkönen, Mikko Leppilampi and Pamela Tola. The film's plot is based on Leo Tolstoy's 1911 posthumously published story " The Forged Coupon", part one, which was also the basis for Robert Bresson's 1983 film ''L'Argent''. Plot When a schoolteacher gets fired from his teaching job (at the same time, Antti joins as a new teacher) he projects his bad mood at his troubled teenage son Niko (Jasper Pääkkönen) and evicts Niko from his apartment. On New Year's Eve, high on drugs, Niko forges a 500 euro banknote at his friend Tuomas' other friend's party and buys a CD player from a pawnshop since his father has sold the old one to get money for alcohol. Seeing a counterfeit 500-euro banknote, the shop owner gets furious and beats the woman Niko had paid with the counterfeit money. When, Isto Virtanen sells his widescreen TV to the same store, the shop owner offers 510 euros and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
