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The Matriarch
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Single Disc [2007]

Format: PAL

Language: Finnish

Subtitles: Swedish

Kielet: Dolby Digital 5.1

Region: Region 2 (UK & Europe)

Number of Discs: 1

DVD Release Date: 2007

'Please note: this Dvd is the official Finnish release and does not have English subtitles. It has the original Finnish language with Swedish subtitles' ~ PAUL PAGE

2007, 91 MINS, COLOUR, FINLAND

Director: Markku Pölönen
Writer: Markku Pölönen
CAST:
Peter Franzén ... Laszlo
Sanna-Kaisa Palo ... Martta
Samuli Vauramo ... Kasper
Jenni Banerjee ... Lara
Heikki Kinnunen ... Niccolo / Otto
Tatu Siivonen ... Repe
Tuomas Uusitalo ... Hippo
Toni Wahlström ... Ventti
Kaarina Turunen ... Hullu-Helena
Lotta Lehtikari ... Veera
Elina Knihtilä ... Roosa
Emma Piitulainen ... Anna
Puntti Valtonen ... Jori
Ismo Apell ... Jali Nappi
Janne Reinikainen ... Lutku
(Suomen Filmiteollisuus Oy)

English name: THE MATRIARCH

Includes making of and music video While Your Lips Are Still Red. Tuomas Holopainen of Nightwish has made some music for this film.

The heart of the film is the Koppelo family. Worn out after a number of travels, but united and strong, this family is proud of their history. They have their share of misfortunes but never stop believing in themselves:

'We are not just any gang of vagabonds; we are part of world history!'

Members of the Koppelo family were once court tailors for Nicholas II of Russia. The Finnish family sewed all the beautiful wedding gowns and lace dresses familiar from photos of the Czar´s family. When the Russian revolution started, Sofia, one of the ancestresses of the family and Nicholas II´s last mistress, fled to Finland with her out-of-wedlock son, her sisters and their families. They crossed the frozen Gulf of Finland and ended up in Terijoki, a small town in the south-eastern Finland that now belongs to Russia.

Accused of being Bolshevists, the family fled the Finnish Civil War to Europe. Years passed, and the family spread throughout the United States and Southern Europe. In 1970s, part of the family returned to Finland and settled in Pyhäselkä, Northern Karelia, in a house called Lotokka.

The Matriarch begins when a thirty-year-old peaceful existence in Lotokka ends – the family is evicted! Martta, the matriarch of the family, faces a big challenge. Her family has been through some rough times, and it is her responsibility to lead them to Lieksa, a town of dreams.

The Koppelo family love, fight and make up fiercely. Martta´s sons are about to slip into the world of crime, and the situation is further complicated by a dumb young man who the family picks up on the road and whose identity is a mystery.

Travelling in a caravan of cars, the Koppelo family sets up camp next to a lake, and Martta finally has time to take a break. But not for long, as evil is already on its way. Laszlo, the criminal and the black sheep of the family, suddenly arrives and notices Lara, Martta´s beautiful daughter who has grown into a beautiful young woman.

Original Finnish spoken language, subtitles only in Swedish. Region 2 Pal dvd. Cover art in Finnish.

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FINNISH (BACK COVER)

Markku Pölönen elokuva Lieksa! seurra Koppeloiden suvun muutto-marrkaa unelmiensa Lieksaan. Sukutarinen mukaan Koppeloiden esiaiti oli Venajan viimeisen tsaarin rakastajatar. Vallankumous ajoi raatalisuvun pakomatkalle Suomeen ja Suomesta kansalaissodan aattona Keski-Eurooppaan. 70-luvulla he palasivat Suomeen puolirikollisiksi vaeltajiksi rapautuneena. Muutaman rauhallisen vuosikymmenen jakeen nama "Romanovien jalkelaiset" ovat kohtalon oikusta taas tien paalla. Mutta paasevatko he koskaan. Lieksaan? Elokuva antaa vastaukset kyyneleet silmun nostartavalla huumorilla.

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OFFICIAL FINNISH RELEASE. BLA 3039420.

LISA MATERIAALIT:

[] Nain tehtiin elokuva
[] Musiikkivideo While Your Lips Are Still Red
[] Kuvagalleria
[] Teaser: Lieksaan englanninkielinen video

CONDITION: New. Still Sealed.
JUNE 2011: Only 3 left in stock.

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Price: £39.99 (UK Sterling) (March 2012: 1 Back In Stock
Reminder: this Dvd is the official Finnish release and does not have English subtitles. It has the original Finnish language with Swedish subtitles.

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