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6.9/10   985 votes
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Director:
Perttu Leppä
Writer:
Perttu Leppä (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
26 March 1999 (Finland) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
He olivat nuoria. He olivat kauniita. He olivat syntyneet voittamaan.
Plot:
The story of a rock band "Kalle Päätalo" in the 1980s. | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 nominations more
User Comments:
Brilliant film about Finnish band Kalle Päätalo more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Unto Helo ... Patu
Hanna-Mari Karhinen ... Noora
Mikko Hakola ... Lajunen
Jimi Pääkallo ... Jimi (as Konsta Hiekkanen)
Timo Lavikainen ... Kukkonen
Olli Sorjonen ... Kakkonen
Aino Seppo ... Patun äiti
Niina Stützle ... Sanna
Toni Wirtanen ... Lärssi
Harri Tuovinen ... Stuube
Pauli Rantasalmi ... Pate
Risto Salmi ... Lajusen isä
Ulla Tapaninen ... Lajusen äiti
Pekka Valkeejärvi ... Jimin isä
Martti Suosalo ... Kosonen
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Additional Details

Runtime:
100 min
Country:
Finland
Language:
Finnish
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Certification:
Finland:K-12
Filming Locations:
Helsinki, Finland more
Company:
Talent House more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Timo Vuorensola auditioned for the role of Jimi. more
Movie Connections:
References The Blues Brothers (1980) more

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13 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
Brilliant film about Finnish band Kalle Päätalo, 7 January 2002
9/10
Author: Rainer Fussgaenger from Stockholm, Sweden

I really enjoyed this movie and would like to recommend it to others.

The story centers around Unto Helo, a young boy who has left the Finnish capital Helsinki for Joensuu, a place in the province close to the Russian border. He meets Lajunen the lead singer of a rock'n'roll band. The time is the early 1980's.

Unto claims that he has the best contacts in Helsinki and that he could help the band make their way to a gig at Tavastia, Finland's most famous legendary rock club. Unto fells in love with Noora and after a lot of adventures they all really end up at Tavastia.

Young director Perttu Leppä has created a movie with a lot of atmosphere, he takes his characters serious, the cast is completely well picked together. "The long hot summer" is a movie about growing up in the Finnish province and it is so well done that the famous brothers Aki and Mika Kaurismäki are no longer alone in putting Finland on the map of European and World cinema. I would like to give 9 out of 10 points.

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