Tommi Korpela

Tommi Korpela
Total Credits at Criticker: 47 (Actor), 1 (Writer)
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Pahat pojat
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 cast is an impressive one: the brothers are portrayed by Peter Franzen, Lauri Nurkse, Niko Saarela and Jasper Pääkkönen while their really evil father is played by Vesa-Matti Loiri, one of the grand old men of Finnish cinema. (imdb)
Vares - Yksityisetsivä
On the trail of a woman, Vares finds himself caught up with underworld characters who are on the trail of hidden millions.
Rare Exports Inc.
An elite trio of expert hunters venture into the woods to track and capture an especially rare and dangerous prey for the Christmas season.
Rare Exports: The Official Safety Instructions
In this sequel to 'Rare Exports Inc' we are shown the horrendous results of abusing Father Christmas. (imdb)
Rumble
Ake, Pera, Mäkinen and Leo are four middle-aged teddy boys. On a hot summer's day they are driving aimlessly on the open highways in their old convertible Cadillac when they become hungry. They try to order some pizza, but it turns out to be a difficult task... (ses.fi)
Fakiiri
Fakiiri (2006) - Short Film
Late winter 1908. The great Fakir van Frost is known for his tricks that are both death-defying and against common sense. Tonight is the premiere of his latest and most shocking performance ever. (tamperefilmfestival.com)
Miehen työ
A former stone worker in search of employment takes a most unanticipated career turn in director Aleksi Salmenpera's thoughtful character study. Juha (Tommi Korpela) is out of a job, but he's trying to keep his unemployed status a secret from his clinically depressed wife Katja (Maria Heiskanen). (Rovi)
V2 - Jäätynyt enkeli
V2 - Dead Angel is a tough action thriller with a cast of cartoon-like characters. In the middle of the action is private eye and a die-hard law student Jussi Vares, a creation familiar from the detective stories by Reijo Maki... (solarfilms.com)
Ganes
The story of Remu Aaltonen's youth and the early years of the band he formed, Hurriganes. (user ripvf)
Emmauksen tiellä
A cynical city dweller returns to his hometown to sell his family home, but becomes unexpectedly nostalgic. (imdb)
Rööperi
Based on a book "Rööperi - rikoksen vuodet 1955-2005", the movie tells the story of the Finnish criminal underground of the 60's in Helsinkis then feared area called Punavuori - or Rööperi.
Gourmet Club
A doctor belongs to a small but exclusive gourmet club, in which the five upper-class members take turns providing the main course, wagering as to who can identify a mystery exotic ingredient. Things get interesting when the doctor's gambling problem catches up with him. (imdb)
Tummien perhosten koti
The principal character of the movie is 14 years old Juhani (played by Niilo Syväoja), haunted and oppressed by a traumatic childhood experience. After being bounced between foster homes and temporary families for six years, Juhani ends up in a Boys' Home, The Island. (solarfilms.com)
Where Is Where?
An experimental narrative about two young Arab boys who kill their French friend, a boy of their own age, in the late 1950s.
Kielletty hedelmä
Two teen girls from a very restrictive Conservative Laestadian faith community, go alone to Helsinki for the first time. (imdb)
Love is a Treasure
A film concerning five different women with schizophrenia and their struggles with perception.
Today
Today (1997) - Short Film
The idea of this work was to break down time and linearity, and to emphasize the similarities between the members of a family and the close connection between them. Instead of creating differences between the characters in a traditional manner, the idea was to show parallel characteristics and repetitions of the same things at different times. The story uses 3 short episodes to show the death of the grandfather from the viewpoints of 3 different family members. (Eija-Liisa Ahtila)
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Director Jalmari Helander expands his award-winning shorts for this unusual Christmas story set in the frozen beauty of Finland, where local reindeer herders race against the clock to capture an ancient evil: Santa Claus. Single father Rauno (Jorma Tommila) and his young son, Pietari (Onni Tommila), are caught up in the chaos as international scientists dig for artifacts. What they find endangers the entire village.
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Harjunpää & pahan pappi
Timo Harjunpää loses his daughter in a murder. The family tries to come to terms with the loss of their daughter but Timo becomes estranged from his wife. At the same time, the city is in the throes of inexplicable multiple killings in the subway system. (imdb)
Last Cowboy Standing
In 1972, Rupert, 8 and Evert, 6 are two lovable and wildly imaginative brothers, lost in their cowboys-and-Indians fantasies and in the playground romances with the neighborhood girls. In the background is the warm but explosive and unstable mother, and the charming but unreliable father. The family has moved to a new house, the future looks bright. Everything starts to fall apart when Rupert finds a hidden letter.
Puhdistus
A tormented young woman is given a hiding place by an elderly lady and soon they are reminded of their mutual horrendous past. (imdb)
Kaikella rakkaudella
A romantic photographer takes serial photos of an empty park bench as a vision of loneliness. He falls in love with the spirited, unruly woman. In between the two is a volatile ex-con ex. The woman herself prones to impulsiveness and impetuousness. (imdb)
Havukka-ahon ajattelija
Two biologists hire philosophizing lumberjack Konsta Pylkkänen as a guide for a journey through Kainuu backwoods.
Vadelmavenepakolainen
Mikko Virtanen feels like a Swedish soul trapped in a Finnish body. Full of disgust for everything Finnish, he sees Sweden as heaven. Upon meeting a suicidal Swedish psychologist Mikael Anderson, he seizes an opportunity for an identity switch. Raspberry Boat Refugee is a comedy about cultural differences in the Nordic countries, their nationalism and, not least, prejudices about our neighbours. It also proves how futile it is to try to escape oneself. (finnkino.fi)
Love and Other Troubles
Ville, 25, is a downbeat former child star who's successfully avoided his womanizing rock 'n' roll dad for years. Everything changes when his dad moves into his flat and they both fall in love with the same American line-dancing teacher. (imdb)
Santa
A trip to Lapland leads to immense changes in the life of a single mother and her seven- year- old son. Love, hope and efforts to save the life of the little boy will change dramatically the lives of the two grown-ups. (imdb)
Ruotsalainen hetki
Pop singer and his girl are heading to holiday aboard. Only problem is that in the trunk of their car is a dead body and the girl is jealous. (Me)
Lake Bodom
Every camper's worst nightmare came true at Lake Bodom in 1960 when four teenagers were stabbed to death while sleeping in their tent. (imdb)
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The Other Side of Hope
A poker-playing restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived from Finland. (imdb)
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Karppi
Karppi (2018) - TV Series
When Sofia Karppi, a detective in her 30's who is trying to get over her husband's death, discovers the body of a young woman on a construction site, she triggers a chain of events that threatens to destroy her life again. Deadwind is a highly thrilling series from Finland mixing crime investigation and personal drama.
Tyhjiö
The story of the tumultuous relationship between a successful actress and a struggling writer.
The Eternal Road
Jussi Ketola, a Finnish man, returns from America trying to escape from the Great Depression. He finds his country in great political turmoil. One night, Ketola is abducted from his home by nationalists and is forced to walk the Eternal Road towards Soviet Russia. (wikipedia.org)
Poliisin Poika
Based on the novel by Jari Tervo, 'Poliisin Poika' tells a story of Trampas, a common criminal, who along with his friend and pregnant girlfriend decide to rob a bank.
Two Bodies on a Beach
A woman wakes up on a beach wrapped in plastic, half-naked and in high heels. "Not again", she sighs and decides to find out who is behind this. She persuades an older woman who has been pushed to the margins of society to accompany her on her revenge trip. During their journey through classical cinematic landscapes, the two women have to face their own lusts, conflicts between generations, and their fragile ideologies.
Viimeiset
A struggling mine owner supplies his workers with drugs so they'll forget a tough existence. Nearby a small community of reindeer breeders also struggles.This critique of capitalism unfolds against a Western like Lapland landscape. (imdb)
Peruna
Comedy about a start-up entrepreneur who tries to import potato to Finland in the 17th century. (imdb)
Joulumaa
Helena's husband has gone off with a younger woman. Christmas is coming, life is slow and nothing is as it used to be. Helena is getting anxious about spending Christmas alone. Her best friend invites her to spend Christmas on a farm - only place she can afford. (imdb)
M/S Romantic
M/S Romantic (2019) - TV Mini-Series
Follows a series of stories from the viewpoint of six different people who all embark on the same fateful cruise ship during the period of one day.
8 Views of Lake Biwa
Eight lake views of the Japanese art tradition translated into the language of the longings and desires of Old Believers at Lake Peipus. The Eight Views is an Eastern artistic tradition that describes humans' state of mind through eight poetic motifs, such as evening glow, snow, sails returning in the evening, rain, autumn moon, temple bell, clear breeze, wild geese departing. (In Japan these elements are interpreted primarily in the area surrounding Lake Biwa.) These motifs provide the framewor
Kätilö
A Finnish midwife falls in love with a German-Finnish SS-officer during the Lapland War, in the middle of WWII.
Studio Julmahuvi
A small TV studio condenses the entire evening's program into half an hour. Studio Julmahuvi's regular programming includes children's programs, domestic police series, German detective series, news, documentaries, and much more. (imdb)
Bullets
Bullets (2018) - TV Series
An ex-terrorist, Madina Taburova, who was presumed dead, turns up in Helsinki seeking political asylum. Using a fake identity, the Intelligence Agency officer Mari Saari has to befriend this ex-terrorist to find out why she's here. In order to uncover the mystery, Mari Saari has to form an unlikely partnership with an older streetwise narcotics cop. But everything is not as it seems. (imdb)
Ihmebantu
Ihmebantu (2009) - TV Series
The creators of Ihmebantu called the series scary and difficult. Ihmebantu is a surrealistic trip for adult's taste. Every episode of the series is full of skits which aren't really skits at all, because issues like death, insanity and terrorism are not actually funny. (imdb)
Kesken
Kesken (2024) - Short Film
There is a dinner with friends. Satu arrives late and alone. An innocent question makes everyone at the table fall silent and reflect on their own lives – on things they would rather not think about, at least not tonight. Satu already knows what the others will come to realize during the evening: everyone has something unfinished.
Pikku-Siperia
A meteorite falls through the roof of a car. According to the town's mayor, the meteorite is very valuable for the future of the slowly dying village. Joel, the village priest, and a veteran peacekeeper, ends up guarding the meteorite in an old museum before it is sent to London for a more detailed evaluation. While Joel protects the meteorite from criminals, learns that his wife is pregnant. Joel however is unable to have children due to his war injury. He just hasn't told his wife. (imdb)
Bullets - Season 1
Maria\
The orphan Salome is the servant and devout follower of Maria Åkerblom, a charismatic sect leader. But as Salome befriends a rebellious outsider and starts to have doubts, Maria turns dangerous. (imdb)