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Haarautuvan rakkauden talo

  • 2009
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
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Haarautuvan rakkauden talo (2009)
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A sort of "Divorce Finnish Style," Mika Kaurismäki's rambunctious comedy, The House of Branching Love , recounts the breakup of a thirty-something professional couple - Juhani, a family ther... Read allA sort of "Divorce Finnish Style," Mika Kaurismäki's rambunctious comedy, The House of Branching Love , recounts the breakup of a thirty-something professional couple - Juhani, a family therapist, and his wife, Tuula, a successful business trainer.A sort of "Divorce Finnish Style," Mika Kaurismäki's rambunctious comedy, The House of Branching Love , recounts the breakup of a thirty-something professional couple - Juhani, a family therapist, and his wife, Tuula, a successful business trainer.

  • Director
    • Mika Kaurismäki
  • Writers
    • Petri Karra
    • Mika Kaurismäki
    • Sami Keski-Vähälä
  • Stars
    • Hannu-Pekka Björkman
    • Elina Knihtilä
    • Kati Outinen
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    1.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mika Kaurismäki
    • Writers
      • Petri Karra
      • Mika Kaurismäki
      • Sami Keski-Vähälä
    • Stars
      • Hannu-Pekka Björkman
      • Elina Knihtilä
      • Kati Outinen
    • 2User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 4 nominations

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    Hannu-Pekka Björkman
    • Juhani Helin
    Elina Knihtilä
    • Tuula Helin
    Kati Outinen
    Kati Outinen
    • Yrsa
    Antti Reini
    Antti Reini
    • Wolffi
    Tommi Eronen
    Tommi Eronen
    • Pekka Korpi
    Irina Björklund
    Irina Björklund
    • Marjut
    Maria Järvenhelmi
    Maria Järvenhelmi
    • Kitty
    Kari Väänänen
    Kari Väänänen
    • Niilo
    Anna Easteden
    Anna Easteden
    • Nina
    Ilkka Villi
    Ilkka Villi
    • Marco
    Antti Virmavirta
    • Timo
    Mari Perankoski
    • Tiina
    Timo Torikka
    Timo Torikka
    • P.K.
    Jevgeni Haukka
    • Vidar
    Wanda Dubiel
    • Sanna
    Sakari Kuosmanen
    Sakari Kuosmanen
    • Boogie
    Kari Heiskanen
    • Neighbour (Lauri)
    Aino Seppo
    • Neighbour's Wife (Petra)
    • Director
      • Mika Kaurismäki
    • Writers
      • Petri Karra
      • Mika Kaurismäki
      • Sami Keski-Vähälä
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    • Trivia
      By far the most popular movie Mika Kaurismäki has ever directed during his long career. With more than 140,000 admissions it was 2nd highest grossing domestic film of the year in Finland.
    • Alternate versions
      There has been two versions of this movie. The original 117:42 and a shortened version 107:08. Both got K-13 rating in Finland.
    • Connections
      Featured in Mika Kaurismäki, elokuvaohjaaja (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Are You Ready?
      Written by Ruth Anne Cunningham (as R.A. Cunningham) and Danny O'Donoghue (as D.J. O'Donoghue)

      Performed by Anna Abreu

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    9/10
    Great Quirky, Finnish Comedy!
    I saw this film directed by Mika Kaurismaki (one of the famous Kaurismaki brothers) at the 2010 Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival, and I can say that the entire theater was cracking up laughing at this film. It doesn't pretend to be anything but great comedy - actually black comedy, given that the topic is the break-up of a marriage - and it succeeds very well.

    Tuula, the wife, and Juhani, the husband, are a nice couple living in a nice house. He is a family therapist and she conducts motivational business seminars. Both are successful professionals, and both expect to have an amicable separation and divorce once they made the decision to break up the marriage. They start with Juhani moving his bed into another room and the two setting up rules to manage living in the same house until the divorce finalizes.

    When one of them breaks an important rule, it starts the roller-coaster ride of hurts and retribution going, all handled in a very funny comedic way! Things are not the same after that.

    This film pulls out all the stops showing normal human reactions to separation and divorce with a lot of humor and craziness thrown in. Since it could be described as "divorce, Finnish-style," there certainly are some cringe-worthy moments as well. Relationships gone bad are not pretty.

    The craziness gets almost over-the-top when some criminal characters enter the picture, as relatives of our couple! As unlikely as that may be, it adds to the funny situations that occur, so, as far as I'm concerned, all is forgiven! Don't expect anything too deep here, just enjoy the laughs!
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    • Apr 21, 2010

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    • Release date
      • August 21, 2009 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • Finland
    • Official sites
      • Official site (Finland)
      • Official site (France)
    • Language
      • Finnish
    • Also known as
      • The House of Branching Love
    • Filming locations
      • Espoo, Finland
    • Production companies
      • Mainostelevisio (MTV3)
      • Marianna Films
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    • Budget
      • €1,370,398 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,846,748
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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