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A Patriotic Man

Original title: Isänmaallinen mies
  • 20132013
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
668
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POPULARITY
181,298
49,256
A Patriotic Man (2013)
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Every nation gets the heroes it deserves.Every nation gets the heroes it deserves.Every nation gets the heroes it deserves.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
668
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
181,298
49,256
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    • Director
      • Arto Halonen
    • Writers
      • Arto Halonen
      • Jouni Kemppainen
      • Olli Soinio(dramatist)
    • Stars
      • Martti Suosalo
      • Pamela Tola
      • Janne Reinikainen
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Arto Halonen
    • Writers
      • Arto Halonen
      • Jouni Kemppainen
      • Olli Soinio(dramatist)
    • Stars
      • Martti Suosalo
      • Pamela Tola
      • Janne Reinikainen
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    • 2User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Martti Suosalo in A Patriotic Man (2013)
    Pamela Tola in A Patriotic Man (2013)
    Martti Suosalo and Pamela Tola in A Patriotic Man (2013)
    Martti Suosalo and Pamela Tola in A Patriotic Man (2013)

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    Martti Suosalo
    Martti Suosalo
    • Toivo
    Pamela Tola
    Pamela Tola
    • Aino
    Janne Reinikainen
    • Ilmo
    Mikko Kouki
    Mikko Kouki
    • Pakarinen
    Hannu-Pekka Björkman
    • Kataja
    Pirjo Lonka
    • Pirkko
    Satu Paavola
    • Marjatta Karhumäki
    Kari Ketonen
    Kari Ketonen
    • Peltola
    Lauri Tilkanen
    Lauri Tilkanen
    • Risto Karhumäki
    Eppu Salminen
    • Rissanen
    Ben Johnson
    • Taxi driver
    Peter Kanerva
    Peter Kanerva
    • Antti S. Heikkinen
    Mikko Neuvonen
    • Markku
    Katja Küttner
    Katja Küttner
    • Nurse Turunen
    Jouko Puolanto
    • Karppinen
    Tuomas Uusitalo
    • Väisälä
    Taavi Vuokkovaara
    • Mikko
    Taisto Oksanen
    Taisto Oksanen
    • Pauli
    • Director
      • Arto Halonen
    • Writers
      • Arto Halonen
      • Jouni Kemppainen
      • Olli Soinio(dramatist)
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    • Trivia
      Former sprinter and world record holder, who was disqualified for testing positive for doping, Ben Johnson and the former head of Finnish anti-doping committee Timo Seppälä play taxi drivers in the film.
    • Soundtracks
      Rivers of Babylon
      Written by Brent Dowe,Trevor McNaughton, Frank Farian and George Reyam

      Performed by Boney M.

    User reviews2

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    a good film
    Quite a good film. Nicely delves into themes of patriotism vs morality. Interesting settings and the art directing was great!

    The scenes "from Canada" were quite were quite funny as I am from the '88 Olympics host city. Although, interesting to the storyline, we do not have stripper places like that in canmore / banff and no cab driver would ever throw you out of the cab into the snow like that. We are Canadian! The driver would politely ask for the money and then ask your to pay the next day, or report it to the RCMP. The Cowboy hats were especially funny. They must have been bought in spain or online. nothing like a real cowboy hat (but what is a Canadian cowboy anyway besides a funny costume from the past??)

    Overall quite a good film. I always like story-lines that are particular to a time and place and compartmentalized to intertwined lives. The Toivo was well developed, displaying characteristics of short-shortsightedness, hope, detachment from reality, and delusions of fantasy.

    A funny, sweet and poignant film.
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    • stocktonmanners
    • Oct 18, 2015

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    • Release date
      • December 4, 2013 (Finland)
    • Countries of origin
      • Finland
      • Croatia
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Language
      • Finnish
    • Also known as
      • Patriota
    • Filming locations
      • Croatia
    • Production companies
      • Art Films Productions
      • MP Film Production
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    • Budget
      • €1,730,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $375,834
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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