Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now! 2003 / Kuutamolla / Finland 2002
A movie-obsessed, 30-year-old woman finds romance and happiness in this Finnish equivalent of Bridget Jones´s Diary.
A movie-obsessed thirtysomething Finnish woman finds romance and happiness in the ambitious Lovers and Leavers, a comedic compendium of contempo romantic tropes that compares favorably with Bridget Jones´s Diary. "It´s my 30th birthday, and I can´t sleep," announces Iiris Vaara (Minna Haapkylä), whose life outside the bookstore where she works consists of a steady diet of Hollywood movies and a long procession of first dates. Though a relationship with budding film director Marko (Peter Franzén) starts promisingly, they soon break off and Iiris must rely on her inner resolve to regain her dignity and find peace. Leisurely script never met a romantic situation that didn´t have an applicable line from a movie, and the film is drenched in references and clips from high-profile Hollywood fare.
Eddie Cockrell
119 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Aku Louhimies
/ Screenplay Katja Kallio, Aku Louhimies, from Kallio´s novel
/ Dir. of Photography Heikki Färm
/ Music Leri Leskinen
/ Editor Samu Heikkilä
/ Producer Jarkko Hentula, Ilkka Matila, Marko Röhr
/ Production MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy
/ Cast Minna Haapkylä, Peter Franzén, Laura Malmivaara
/ Contact MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy, The Finnish Film Foundation, NonStop Sales AB
www: www.kuutamolla.com
MRP Matila Röhr Productions Oy
Tallberginkatu 1 A / 141, 00180, Helsinki
Finland
Phone: +358 9 540 7820
Fax: +358 9 540 782 10
E-mail: [email protected]
The Finnish Film Foundation
Kanavakatu 12, 2nd floor, 00160, Helsinki
Finland
Phone: +358 962 203 00
Fax: +358 962 203 050
E-mail: [email protected]
NonStop Sales AB
Döbelnsgatan 24, SE 113 52, Stockholm
Sweden
Phone: +46 8 673 9989, +46 8 673 9980
Fax: +46 8 673 9988
E-mail: [email protected]
Jaana Puskala
Film Institution Rep.
Minna Haapkylä
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