Movies: Erja Dammert

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, gu...

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 hurdl...

Two Finnish men agree to drive an Estonian woman and a Russian woman to a harbor....

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

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, R...

Small-town boys Vähy and Hapa are best friends who swear an eternal blood oath. As they grow up, however, their paths drift apart and they both find themselves searching for their place in the world....

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After having relived the memories of evacuated children in the film War Children, Erja Dammert approaches the world of present-day children and finds an even further reaching mystery....

Documentary about the Finnish children who were evacuated to Sweden during World War II....