Recommend movies about/from your country

[The Ripper]

Tired as I am of the uninspiring genre movies of Hollywood, I thought it would be a good idea to start this thread to explore European cinema more broadly. Recommend movies from or about your native land, that you think are worth watching even for foreigners.

I'll begin with a couple of suggestions:



Kukushka - The Cuckoo - Käki

Although the movie is a Russian production, it takes place in North Eastern Finland and much of the dialogue (or monologue, rather) takes place in Finnish and Sámi. It is the story of two soldiers, a Finn and a Russian, during the closing stages of Finland's involvement in the war, who come together in a remote part of Lapland with a Sámi woman. Since they all speak different languages, they cannot understand each other and misunderstandings abound. It is a suttle comedy and a sweet movie.

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Häjyt - The Tough Ones (silly translation, imo).

This movie is about two best friends who since an early age start a life of crime and violence. The movie is set in modern-day Ostrobothnia, which was home to the historical phenomenon of the Häjyt, a kind of booze & blades culture of violence that suddenly appeared in the region during the 19th century. One of the best Finnish movies in my opinion, as far as the acting goes.

Trailer

More to come, later.. Your turn.

[Liffrea]

Generally anything with Michael Caine works for me.

Get Carter

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Zulu

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Italian Job

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The Pythons,

Life of Brian

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Holy Grail

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The Meaning of Life

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[Äike]

Malev


A fake historic epic on the Middle Ages and Estonia's not-so-glorious past.
Year 1208. The first Eastward enlargement of Europe is under way. Brutal forces of the Teutonic Order are steadily marching on. In their path live a simple and peaceful people, whose main pastimes include cultivating the earth, singing and, if possible, doing both at the same time. They are the Estonians. Ignorant in the ways of war, they find an unlikely leader in a young boy with Catholic upbringing. In their fight for freedom, the Estonians encounter numerous obstacles, including the Germans, French, Russians and, worst of all, the Latvians. Will they succeed in defeating their enemies or will they experience a cultural awakening?

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NEixKgWFxo[/YOUTUBE]

Nimed Marmortahvil


Based on an acclaimed 1935 novel about the War of Liberation (1918-1920) that ensured Estonia's independence, the film tells about a group of young schoolboys heading to the front to fight the army of Soviet Russia.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgBpiFPlJwo[/YOUTUBE]

Detsembrikuumus


Produced for the 90th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia, this feature film tells the story of the attempted Communist coup which took place in Tallinn on 1 December 1924.

This is historical action-drama with leading parts played by the singer Liisi Koikson, the young actor Sergo Vares, Tõnu Kark, Mait Malmsten, Ain Lutsep and other great Estonian artistes. Also several famous Russian actors (eg Jevgeni Knjazev, Roman Kalkajev) participate in the movie.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_t_mvjYU50[/YOUTUBE]

The Singing Revolution


The Singing Revolution is a documentary film created by James Tusty and Maureen Castle Tusty about the nonviolent Singing Revolution in Estonia where hundreds of thousands of Estonians gathered publicly, between 1986 and 1991, in an effort to end decades of Soviet occupation. The revolutionary songs they created anchored Estonia’s non-violent struggle for freedom.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA9PmZo-2jo[/YOUTUBE]

[Eldritch]

Paha maa (Frozen Land ), 2005:

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[Matritensis]

Never mind...

[Treffie]

Twin Town (with Rhys Ifans)

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Very Annie Mary (Rachel Griffiths, Jonathan Price, Ioan Gruffudd, Matthew Rhys)

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Only Two Can Play (Peter Sellers)

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Solomon a Gaenor (Ioan Gruffudd)

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[Don]

Congratulations, Rippu, this is a great Thread.

I will recommend not only from my country but that paint it, anthropological portraits, to my point of view as Spaniard and lover of my ancient culture/s, ABOUT the real traits of my Country and my People (sorry, but I will ban Almodóvar from my list, despite his films paint a very realistic Spaniards, in particular from la Mancha, as me and his characters are like clones of many people and family I have. He already tired me with by many reasons... even las chicas del montón... but that is another history).




For now I will recommend this one, shared with you in a previous post.



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Navarra. España. A film where are shown the real country-life of many regions of Spain, as it was for thousand of years. The same people, the same traditions... but something new, the modern capitalism. The call of the city.








And...







a MASTERPIECE, from the literature of one of the best writers about the Castilians, the recently deceased Miguel Delibes.

Los Santos Inocentes.

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Portraits of my people made by my people, not by those rats from hollywood that don't know a fuck about us, neither about anthropology or anything but money.
(-That reminds me that these (&%·$"! are planning -warner- to make a free version saga of our Sacred Don Quijote in some kind of Pirates Caribe adventures Style... SACRILEGIO!!!!! ARRRGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!-)

[ikki]

Pahat Pojat (bad boys)
Dad ends up in the sanitarium, criminally insane. Mom dies. The kids, brought up under a weirdo cult find no other way to survive than thru crime... and end up becoming the Daltons.
A true story, more or less.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIIr1DVrIzY


Another true story Matti Nykänen, ended up a millionaire and olympic and world chamion as a child... and could never cope with any of that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbN17FYrCmU
various fun sayings:
*austria-germany is my second homeland
*unless you do as i say, ill move to copenhagen and jump in the swedish team
*antabus is horrible with booze, not that ive ever mixed the two, but damn you get sick from it (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antabus)


Sairaan kaunis maailma
Drug using kids busy stealing stuff, and finally end up having to pay their debt. So they agree to import some drugs...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPXqjwLWDbo


Rööperi
A story from the time of prohibition, a team decide to take over the market in helsinki, and run into problems. And none of them entirely stable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9MRsFE1Vn4

[Eldritch]

Two films by director Antti-Jussi Annila:

Sauna

A somewhat unusual horror film, set in 1595.

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The Jade Warrior

Finnish-Chinese co-production. Kalevala meets Wuxia!

This film also has Blond Mongol actors playing Chinese characters. Need I say more?

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[Matritensis]

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