Merja Larivaara

Acting

Merja Larivaara

Born July 4, 1964 · Haukipudas, Finland (age 62)

Merja Larivaara is a Finnish stage and screen actress.

Known For

Bad FamilyBad Family · 2010
Bad Family
★ 6.02010
MovieDrama
The story of an overly protective and controlling father who suspects incest is taking place between his own son and daughter. These growing suspicions and concerns cause the father to become delusional and unrelenting in his quest to end the love affair between his children.
The Hijack That Went SouthThe Hijack That Went South · 2013
The Hijack That Went South
★ 5.62013
MovieThrillerCrime
Aarno Lamminparras hijacked an airplane with a gun in 1978. A true story.
The WellThe Well · 1992
The Well
★ 4.51992
MovieDrama
This very serious drama, based on a true incident, explores the unremitting labor which put a young mother living in rural isolation into the situation of being charged with having thrown her children down a well. Her husband is an unimaginative, work-obsessed man who cannot see that her constant hard work without any support or sympathy from anyone is driving the sensitive woman to consider suicide. When the loutish fellow discovers that his wife and three children are missing, he calls the police, and a manhunt begins. The police discover the oldest boy alive, and find that the mother tried to drown herself, but has survived. The two younger children remained missing.
Village PeopleVillage People · 2013
Village People
★ 4.92013
MovieComedy
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, the long-time president of the Republic of Finland, is scheduled to visit Alli’s Bar on his way to northern Finland. He is blindly worshiped and the nearer the visit draws, the more envy, competition and dirty tricks come to bear in this small town setting. No one is spared the brutality!
Uuno Turhapuro – This Is My LifeUuno Turhapuro – This Is My Life · 2004
Uuno Turhapuro – This Is My Life
★ 4.52004
MovieComedy
Uuno disguises as an old man and infiltrates a nursing home for rich old people, where his father-in-law also lives. The ever-hungry Uuno is seduced by the table groaning with food, but as it happens, he never manages to be there at dinnertime. Meanwhile Sörsselssön enters Uuno for a TV competition named This Is My Life, where contestants tell about their life as viewers vote them either to continue or out of the show. The nursing home elderly watch on TV as Uuno tells the show's host his life story.
Hayflower and QuiltshoeHayflower and Quiltshoe · 2002
Hayflower and Quiltshoe
★ 7.22002
MovieAdventureFamily
The quirky adventures of Hayflower and her little sister Quiltshoe.
Vares: The Path of the Righteous MenVares: The Path of the Righteous Men · 2012
Vares: The Path of the Righteous Men
★ 5.52012
MovieCrimeAction
The body of a young woman whose heart has been ripped out of her chest is found in a remote are in Finland. The finder of the body, a dismissed pastor, hires private investigator Jussi Vares to investigate the crime. Vares uncovers a criminal ring involved in extortion, religious scams, exploitation of minors and stock market speculation.
Viimeinen iltaViimeinen ilta · 1987
Viimeinen ilta
★ 4.51987
MovieTV MovieRomance
A film about a night out dancing in 1961. About love that is crushed before it can flourish.

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Tanssii tähtien kanssaTanssii tähtien kanssa · 2006
Tanssii tähtien kanssa
★ 2.02006
SeriesReality
Tanssii tähtien kanssa is a Finnish version of the British BBC television series Strictly Come Dancing. The show has run on MTV3 since March 3, 2006, on Sunday evenings. The show was originally hosted by Marco Bjurström and Ella Kanninen. Ella Kanninen left the show after the second season and was replaced by model and Season 2 contestant Vanessa Kurri. In 2009, Kurri was replaced by Vappu Pimiä after only one season. Marco Bjurstöm left the series after Season 4 and Mikko Leppilampi took over as host. Ella Kanninen returned to host the seventh season due to Pimiä's maternity leave; Pimiä returned to host the eighth season with Leppilampi. From 2022 Pimiä was joined by Ernest Lawson. The series' title is a pun on the title of the film Dances with Wolves, Tanssii susien kanssa.