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The Matriarch (2007)

1h 35m · 14 Sep 2007
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Martta and Otto are a pair of traveling tailors who claim to be bastard descendants of the Romanovs and wander from town to town in Finland seeking work, accompanied by their two half-witted adult sons, Hippo, Repe and equally silly son-in-law Ventti. The family occasionally turns to crime when they can't quite make ends meet, and the boys begin turning to violence with greater frequency when Otto weakens and Martta becomes the head of the family business. Their fortunes take an unexpected turn when the brothers assault and abduct a man they call Kaspar, who becomes the family's sidekick in their travels. Despite Kaspar's inability to speak, he attracts Martha's youngest daughter, an attractive young woman named Lara, but the family is in disarray when a long-lost half-brother, Laszlo, suddenly re-emerges and tries to wrest control of the clan away from his mother.

Movie ID160065
GenreComedy, Drama
DirectorMarkku Pölönen
Main castPeter Franzén, Sanna-Kaisa Palo, Samuli Vauramo, Jenni Banerjee, Heikki Kinnunen, Heikki Hela, Mika Nuojua, Janne Reinikainen
Release date14 September 2007
Release year2007
LanguageFinnish
Duration95 min (1h 35m)
Rating6.4 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseSuomen Filmiteollisuus SF

Director: Markku Pölönen
Writers: Markku Pölönen

Top cast

Peter FranzénLaszlo Sanna-Kaisa PaloMartta Samuli VauramoKasper Jenni BanerjeeLara Heikki KinnunenNiccolo / Otto Heikki HelaMojo Mika NuojuaRuippa Janne ReinikainenLutku
Ismo ApellJali Nappi
Puntti ValtonenJori
Emma PiitulainenAnna
Elina KnihtiläRoosa
Lotta LehtikariVeera
Kaarina TurunenHullu-Helena
Toni WahlströmVentti Tuomas UusitaloHippo
Tatu SiivonenRepe
Toni VäyrynenHarjun jengiä
Janne TeeriahoHarjun jengiä
Jussi LähteenmäkiHarjun jengiä

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