Marja Packalén Movies

Ida is a woman who was adopted to Finland from Africa as a child. Ida is an unemployed seamstress approaching her thirties and still lives at home...

Like it or not, almost anyone who has met a really serious poet finds that they have something about them which sets them apart from other people....

Midsummer in Sweden; somewhere above the Arctic Circle. Many curious stories unfold in a small Finnish-speaking village, while the sun never sets.

In the 1970s, Turku City Theater staged an adaptation of Aleksis Kivi's Seven Brothers, directed by Kalle Holmberg. The premiere was in 1972, and...

A young man finds himself in conflict with military order and purpose.

A TV movie based on Pentti Haanpää's novel, which tells the story of the power struggle between Sergeant Sado and Corporal Kärnä.

The sawmill in a northern Swedish village close down. Nils becomes unemployed. In order to cope with needs of his family, he is forced to travel...

Saara falls in love with their employer's wife.

Anssi Mänttäri’s low-budget movies with their intimate content have become classics. In this black comedy that takes place in...