Pirjo Honkasalo Movies

  • 2013
    Concrete Night

    Concrete Night

    Concrete Night

    5.8172013HD

    A 14-year-old boy in a stifling Helsinki slum takes some unwise life lessons from his soon-to-be-incarcerated older brother.

    Concrete Night
  • 2009
    The Interrogation

    The Interrogation

    The Interrogation

    6.22009HD

    Finnish Kerttu Nuorteva is spying for the Russians in Helsinki during World War II. She is arrested and interrogated in the hope that she will...

    The Interrogation
  • 1970
    Portraits of Women

    Portraits of Women

    Portraits of Women

    5.11970HD

    Finnish porn movie producer Pertsa returns from America to his home country to continue his profession with hopelessly small budgets and incompetent...

    Portraits of Women
  • 1967
    Before I die

    Before I die

    Before I die

    01967HD

    "Once upon a time I walked in thought. And I felt the pain of burning. When all alone."

    Before I die
  • 1972
    Hellyys

    Hellyys

    Hellyys

    3.51972HD

    Hellyys
  • 2025
    Orenda

    Orenda

    Orenda

    02025HD

    Two strong-willed women meet in a magical island landscape. Both are strangled by the guilt of a deceased man whose memory binds them together.

    Orenda
  • 1982
    Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki

    Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki

    Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki

    71982HD

    Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki, shot by Pirjo Honkasalo and Eero Salmenhaara, is a documentary on the capital of Finland.

    Nine Ways to Approach Helsinki
  • 1973
    Uuno Turhapuro

    Uuno Turhapuro

    Uuno Turhapuro

    5.31973HD

    Uuno goes with his wife to spend summer holiday to their villa in country, studies playing of the violin in a correspondence course and constructs an...

    Uuno Turhapuro
  • 2014
    Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

    Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

    Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

    62014HD

    Using rare footage and exclusive interviews with filmmakers from all over the globe, "Reel Herstory" corrects the historic notion that women behind...

    Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
  • 2008
    Helsinki, Forever

    Helsinki, Forever

    Helsinki, Forever

    72008HD

    Helsinki, Forever is a montage film about the city of Helsinki by the award-winning Finnish film director and academic Peter von Bagh. The film draws...

    Helsinki, Forever
  • 1973
    The Earth Is a Sinful Song

    The Earth Is a Sinful Song

    The Earth Is a Sinful Song

    6.71973HD

    An earthy, naturalistically erotic and blood-soaked tale of young Martta's ill-fated affair with Oula, a womanizing reindeer herdsman in the Finnish...

    The Earth Is a Sinful Song
  • 1973
    Hangover

    Hangover

    Hangover

    3.21973HD

    Lasse is a car salesman who has vowed to never get married. He wakes up hung over one morning with a wedding ring on his finger and a nude woman in...

    Hangover
  • 1980
    Flame Top

    Flame Top

    Flame Top

    5.31980HD

    This biographical film celebrates the little-known life of the Finnish novelist and revolutionary Maiju Lassila (Asko Sarkola), born in 1868....

    Flame Top
  • 2010
    ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest

    ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest

    ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest

    62010HD

    A biographical documentary following the life of a young Japanese priest and bar-owner.

    ITO – A Diary of an Urban Priest
  • 1991
    Mysterion

    Mysterion

    Mysterion

    61991HD

    A documentary about a convent of Russian Orthodox nuns in Estonia who have dedicated their lives to serving God.

    Mysterion
  • 2004
    The 3 Rooms of Melancholia

    The 3 Rooms of Melancholia

    The 3 Rooms of Melancholia

    7.42004HD

    A searing examination of the unrelenting Chechen conflict, observed through the prisms of a Russian military boys academy, a war-torn town and a...

    The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
  • 1970
    Pilvilinna

    Pilvilinna

    Pilvilinna

    3.71970HD

    Teenager Erik returns from Paris to Finland in a rowboat and is accosted by a gang of youths in the countryside. He walks to Helsinki, returns to his...

    Pilvilinna
  • 1998
    Fire-Eater

    Fire-Eater

    Fire-Eater

    5.41998HD

    The twin sisters Helena and Irene are born in Helsinki during World War II. A few months later their mother, Sirkka, leaves the girls in the care of...

    Fire-Eater
  • 1996
    The Cinderella of Tallinn

    The Cinderella of Tallinn

    The Cinderella of Tallinn

    01996HD

    Documentary about Estonia's most rich woman.

    The Cinderella of Tallinn
  • 2021
    The Dinosaur

    The Dinosaur

    The Dinosaur

    6.82021HD

    Acclaimed Finnish director Rauni Mollberg made several scandalous yet widely appreciated films. Former co-worker Veikko Aaltonen’s eye-opening...

    The Dinosaur