Long Good Thursday (, literally ''The Grump's Love Story'') is a 2024 Finnish comedy film directed by

Mika Kaurismäki Mika Juhani Kaurismäki (; born 21 September 1955) is a Finnish film director. Early life and education Mika Kaurismäki was born in Orimattila. He is the elder brother of Aki Kaurismäki. After high school, Kaurismäki worked as a painter of ...

. The film is based on

Tuomas Kyrö Tuomas Kyrö (born June 4, 1974, in Helsinki) is a Finnish author and cartoonist. He has written novels, Column (newspaper), columns, causeries and plays and drawn comics and cartoons. Kyrö has received a prize from the Kalevi Jäntti Foundatio ...

's novel of the same name and was adapted for the screen by Sami Keski-Vähälä. Filming began in September 2023, taking place in the Helsinki metropolitan area and Uusimaa region.

Heikki Kinnunen Heikki Kinnunen (born in Raahe) is a Finland, Finnish actor, who became well known in the beginning of the 1970s in the comedy program ''Ällitälli''. Kinnunen was known specially for his roles in comedy films and -series. He has played the lead ...

reprised his role as the Grump, while

Jaana Saarinen Jaana E. Saarinen (born 22 June 1955 in Helsinki) is a Finnish actress. She is famous for the Finnish soap opera ''Salatut elämät'', where she played Maarit Salin from 1999 to 2004, 2007 to 2008 and 2015. For 25 years, Saarinen was involved w ...

portrayed Saimi, the object of his affection. The film is the fourth installment in

The Grump ''The Grump'' () is a 2014 Finnish comedy film directed by Dome Karukoski, in which the main character is The Grump, a cranky old man, created by the Finnish author Tuomas Kyrö. ''The Grump'' was selected to compete for the Contemporary World C ...

film series and the second directed by Mika Kaurismäki. It is produced by

Solar Films Solar Films Inc Oy is a Finnish film production company, which was founded in 1995. Solar Films' productions have won a total of 41 Jussi Awards, and three Oscar nominations. Besides feature films and television drama, Solar Films have also pro ...

and distributed by

Nordisk Film Nordisk Film A/S () is a Danish entertainment company involved in film production and distribution and a subsidiary of Egmont Group. The multimedia entertainment company is also involved in television production, cinemas, computer games and ...

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