Göran Schauman

Joulukuusivarkaat

The story of Veikko, whose values are thrown into crisis in a profit-driven society. However, Veikko does not give up. His sense of justice is put to the test, and his integrity is weighed in the balance.

Men Can't Be Raped

A woman who has been raped by a man at a party plots and executes an elaborate and humiliating revenge.

Emma and Daniel - The Meeting

A family drama about Emma who, to her horror, has to spend summer with her father's girlfriend's son. Nature-loving Emma and city-kid Daniel seem to have nothing in common, but on a fishing trip gone bad, they find themselves all alone with just one another, forced to help each other to be able to find their way back home.

Kohtuuttomuuksia

The Nightmare

An amnesiac uncovering horrifying secrets about his life.

The Hijack That Went South

Aarno Lamminparras hijacked an airplane with a gun in 1978. A true story.

Fire-Eater

The twin sisters Helena and Irene are born in Helsinki during World War II. A few months later their mother, Sirkka, leaves the girls in the care of their grandmother, an old communist, and runs away with a German soldier. Their life under the protection of their grandmother and the teachings of communism ends first with the death of Stalin, then with that of their grandmother. The girls are eight years old when they are put in an orphanage. Their mother shows up at the orphanage in the company of Ramon, a Spanish trapeze artist. They are on a talent search for a German circus. Ramon trains the reluctant Irene during circus tours in Central Europe. She becomes the trapeze star of the circus. The hard work soon exhausts Irene and she falls from height, as if on purpose. Helena has secretly learned the art of fire-eating. Now she is burdened with both her mother and her sister. The violent life, however, separates the three from each other. In the present-day Helsinki the middle-aged...

Pekka ja Pätkä neekereinä

Pete and Runt misinterpret the messages of a career choice machine and try to create a career as African dancers.

Friends, Comrades

The boisterous good humor of Jurmala, the nickel-mine owner, is, if anything, only barely dented by the raging battles in Finland before, during and after World War Two. In fact, everywhere he goes, he meets prospective customers on all sides of the conflict with his all-inclusive greeting "Friends, Comrades." Indeed, the resource he is wrenching from the earth's bowels is necessary to all forms of industrial activity, and is especially necessary for military applications. Thus, he has no reason to fear that he will ever run out of customers. This doesn't prevent him from using every possible means to entice them. At home, his relationship with his wife is not so prosperous, and they resort to some extraordinary means to try and keep on an even keel.

Legacy

The meaning of life is a piece of cake.