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Directing
Aleksi Mäkelä
Born November 20, 1969 · Helsinki, Finland (age 56)
No biography available.
Known For
Bad Boys: A True Story · 2003Bad Boys: A True Story
★ 5.72003
MovieDramaComedy
The story bases on four Finnish brothers, nicknamed 'the Eura Daltons' who received nation-wide notoriety for tearing gas pumps apart when they needed cash.
The Tough Ones · 1999The Tough Ones
★ 6.21999
MovieDramaCrime
The Tough Ones tells a story of two friends who have a hard time finding their place in the society. Antti and Jussi are released from jail. While they were doing time for bank robbery, the third man involved in the robbery, the one who was not convicted, has become a policeman. He tries to help his friends to settle into the small town in Pohjanmaa, but the boys start a black market liquor business instead. The road seems to lead back to the jail.
Frozen Land · 2005Frozen Land
★ 6.82005
MovieDrama
When a schoolteacher is sacked, he projects his bad mood at his troubled teenage son. The son, in turn, buys a CD player from a pawnshop with counterfeit money. This starts a chain reaction of misery as every victim projects his problems on to another person.
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes · 2006Matti: Hell Is for Heroes
★ 5.52006
MovieDramaComedy
Four Olympic gold medals, seven World Championship titles, four World Cup tour championships, and forty six World Cup circuit victories. Once his career as a professional athlete ended however, the other side of his personality emerged into public view in all of its vulgarity. An alcohol dependency, several marriages accompanied by numerous marital problems, petty crime, uncontrolled acts of violence, and greedy hangers-on.
The Hijack That Went South · 2013The Hijack That Went South
★ 5.62013
MovieThrillerCrime
Aarno Lamminparras hijacked an airplane with a gun in 1978. A true story.
Kummeli Kultakuume · 1997Kummeli Kultakuume
★ 6.41997
MovieComedy
Psychiatric patient Elmeri knows about the existence of a gold treasure in Finnish Lapland, hidden there by his late father who somehow managed to capture it from withdrawing German troops on the last days of WW2. His openly gay nurse helps him escape from the mental institution, and the two men slowly find their way up north to reach the gold. On their way, the odd couple meets a cavalcade of even odder characters.
Vares: Private Eye · 2004Vares: Private Eye
★ 6.22004
MovieCrimeAction
On the trail of a woman, Vares finds himself caught up with underworld characters who are on the trail of hidden millions.
The South · 2000The South
★ 4.72000
MovieDramaCrime
A comedy of crime, romance and deception played out against the background of a vacation under the Mediterranean sun.


















