Matti Onnismaa

Matti Onnismaa

Born: October 21, 1959
in Nokia, Finland
Matti Kalle Onnismaa (born October 21, 1959) is a Finnish actor. He made his leading performance debut in black comedy film Euthanizer (2017). He has also appeared in films such as The Winter War (1989), The Romanov Stones (1993), Drifting Clouds (1996), Pearls and Pigs (2003), Matti: Hell is for Heroes (2006), Lights in the Dusk (2006), V2: Dead Angel (2007), The Home of Dark Butterflies (2008), Hellsinki (2009), The Other Side of Hope (2017), Rendel (2017) and The Woodcutter Story (2022).

Movies for Matti Onnismaa...

Title: Sekunnit
Character: Esko Lind
Released: April 4, 2024
Type: TV
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Luottomies-elokuva: All in
Title: Luottomies-elokuva: All in
Character: Yksityisetsivä
Released: February 16, 2024
Type: Movie
When Tommi doesn't get the promotion he was hoping for from his father-in-law Johan, he decides to get into the investment business to buy his dream house with his wife, Harriet. However, things are complicated by the fact that Tommi is easily fooled and the money from the old apartment, more than half a million euros, disappears in a pyramid scheme. When Tommi is in danger of losing Harriet for good, his loyal friend Juhis takes the reins. Juhis plans a rescue operation that kind of works.
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Snot and Splash
Title: Snot and Splash
Released: January 19, 2024
Type: Movie
Snot and Splash travel to their grandmother's house in the small town of Mouthwash for a winter holiday. Once there, they discover that everything is a little off in what used to be a very ordinary town. The strangest thing is that holes are disappearing from the town. Snot and Splash set out to investigate and manage to get on the trail of a local dentist, Migrén Junior. However, the investigation is in danger of failing when messy Snot and diligent Splash get into an argument with each other. How can Mouthwash be restored and the holes put back in place if the boys can't work together? The only way to restore the world is for the brothers to work together.
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It Is What It Is
Title: It Is What It Is
Character: Older hunter
Released: December 31, 2023
Type: Movie
A serious man heads into the woods as a moose.
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Oh No, Lasse Falls!
Title: Oh No, Lasse Falls!
Released: December 31, 2023
Type: Movie
The Munich Olympic Stadium, 1972. Athletes and officials are preparing for the 10,000 metres final. Lasse Virén is warming up on the track. It is not a big day only for Virén but for the whole nation. But one man cannot win alone. It takes a dedicated group of hardworking, reliable people. In a desolate bunker near the track, six Finnish men are preparing to help Lasse achieve the run of his life. A run that changes history. All for the small, relentless nation from the dark cold North.
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Title: Evilside
Character: Esa Rautio
Released: December 1, 2023
Type: TV
After her friend is found murdered in a small fisher village in Northern Finland and the collective suspicion points toward her, bullied outcast Johanna must prove her innocence.
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Family Time
Title: Family Time
Character: Seppo
Released: November 10, 2023
Type: Movie
It’s Christmas time and the family has gathered. Everything goes on as it did the previous Christmases, with grandpa drinking too much and grandma trying to keep everyone in the mood. After the Christmas holidays, everyone returns to their own homes until it's time to gather again, this time for a funeral.
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Death Is a Problem for the Living
Title: Death Is a Problem for the Living
Character: Erik
Released: September 22, 2023
Type: Movie
The cheapest drivers in the hearse business, gambling addict Risto Kivi and his friend Arto Niska, an 85% brainless man, have found themselves in a situation where everything has gone wrong and a fresh start is needed.
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Fallen Leaves
Title: Fallen Leaves
Character: Manager of the Metal Workshop
Released: September 14, 2023
Type: Movie
In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles – from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.
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The Hullabaloos!
Title: The Hullabaloos!
Character: Kondiittori
Released: December 28, 2022
Type: Movie
The birthday of twin boys, Mökö and Luru, takes the family Kiljunen to Helsinki, where their dog gets accidentally switched with the president's dog. Mökö and Luru rush to save their dog, while mother and father Kiljunen take over the city from land, sea and air.
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Thank You in Your Language
Title: Thank You in Your Language
Character: Security guard
Released: November 26, 2022
Type: Movie
Actor Tiina Vainio has to make an audition tape in a hotel room as soon as possible for the role of her life.
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The Woodcutter Story
Title: The Woodcutter Story
Character: Buyer
Released: October 7, 2022
Type: Movie
An open-pit mine is unearthed in an idyllic town in Northern Finland. A strange chain of dreadful events affect the life of Pepe, a kind and optimistic woodcutter. But no matter what happens, Pepe seems to be fine with it, as if he holds a secret of existence that is hard to grasp.
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Title: The Man Who Died
Character: Ylikonstaapeli Tikkanen
Released: June 19, 2022
Type: TV
Jaakko, a mushroom entrepreneur, finds out too late that he has been fatally slow-poisoned by persons unknown. He sets out to find the culprits before he dies.
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Title: Sininen enkeli
Character: Markon isä
Released: June 2, 2022
Type: TV
Sininen enkeli vividly depicts the colorful upswing of the 1980s in Helsinki, where money grows on trees, convertibles guarantee the thrill of speed and the solarium is the new sun. Marko Hyyryläinen, who hides his country background, arrives in the city and wants his share of money and love.
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Yellow Sulphur Sky
Title: Yellow Sulphur Sky
Character: Anselmi
Released: November 5, 2021
Type: Movie
In his youth, the author Frej has already found a deep connection and passion with an upper-class girl, Stella Rabell, that has lasted between them through the decades. When Stella's older brother Alex falls victim to a stabbing attack, Frej begins to reminisce about the events of decades past. Frej's memories from the bright 1970s to the present day are filled with love, jealousy, betrayal, life and death.
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The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic
Title: The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic
Character: Dad
Released: September 10, 2021
Type: Movie
Jaakko and Sirpa have never met face to face, but talk on the phone every day. When Jaakko hears news about Sirpa's declining health, he decides to go meet her in another city. It's not the easiest decision, because he's blind and paralyzed from the chest down - and he has to make the journey alone. To get there, Jaakko must rely on the help of five strangers. What could go wrong?
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Laundry
Title: Laundry
Character: Neighbor
Released: February 18, 2021
Type: Movie
Humorous fragment of starting over, struggles with life and neighbours. A story of the time when even washing the undies seems difficult.
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Title: Mister8
Character: Pietari
Released: January 31, 2021
Type: TV
There are enough love and surprises in Maria's relationships. And no wonder, because she has a different man for each day of the week. Maria meets Juho and falls in love, but unfortunately there are not eight days in a week.
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Title: Karkurit
Character: Pertti
Released: January 21, 2021
Type: TV
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Carrier
Title: Carrier
Character: Poliisi
Released: December 31, 2020
Type: Movie
Janika takes advantage of her pregnancy by smuggling amphetamine from Tallinn to Helsinki with her brother.
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Debt
Title: Debt
Character: Vertaistuen ryhmänjohtaja
Released: November 15, 2020
Type: Movie
It’s the past that defines you, Kari tells his therapy group. And indeed, after serving a lengthy prison sentence, he wants to become a better person. However, his former life as a ruthless debt collector catches up with him in a nightmarish way.
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Nimby: Not In My Backyard
Title: Nimby: Not In My Backyard
Character: Artsi
Released: October 9, 2020
Type: Movie
Mervi is a gay girl living in the hipster quarters of Helsinki. She has been together with Kata for a year, and now they are encouraged by the circumstances to come out from closet. When they do, Mervi realises that she is not the only one in her family with secrets – her parents have been living in an open-bisexual-swinger-relationship for 20 years. On the other hand Kata is pretty surprised that she might be living with a hetero girl that once was dating a neo-nazi. And the ex-boy friend cannot swallow that Mervi is now with a person both of wrong color, and sex. The real threat appears when Kata’s parents arrive from Berlin and the local skinhead chief finds out that a black muslim celebrity politician has arrived to town.
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Forest Giant
Title: Forest Giant
Character: Järvinen
Released: September 11, 2020
Type: Movie
Pasi returns to his childhood town, asked to reconfigure the local plywood factory. With a child on the way with his upper-class wife, Pasi sees an opportunity – this is his ticket to climb the professional ladder in the company. On arrival, he bumps into his childhood friend Janne, who works in the factory he is about to downsize. Pasi begins to struggle with the fact that he is supposed to care for the profits – not for the people.
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Title: Man in Room 301
Character: Korhonen
Released: December 19, 2019
Type: TV
Summer 2007, Finland. While the Kurtti are spending their annual holidays in their cabins in the land of a thousand lakes, the family is struck by a tragedy: Tommi, 2 years old, is killed by a gunshot. Elias, a 12-year-old neighbour, is blamed for the death of the child. 12 years later, the family receives a threatening anonymous letter and the secrets start to unravel, and show how far each of them are willing to go for their loved ones.
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Everything In Between
Title: Everything In Between
Released: November 8, 2019
Type: Movie
"Everything In Between" follows a group of filmmakers that are passionate about their work. An intimate portrait of film making and the deep trust that develops in these exceptional circumstances.
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A Mother
Title: A Mother
Character: Finland's best detective
Released: May 10, 2019
Type: Movie
After getting released from prison, Eeva returns to her old home town with only a shoulder bag, cellphone and the clothes she is wearing. She wants to find her grown-up daughter, but the townspeople soon make it clear that she is not welcome.
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Title: Melkein totta
Character: Jokke, näyttämömestari
Released: April 13, 2019
Type: TV
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Title: The Happy Hour of the Wolf
Character: Markus
Released: April 10, 2019
Type: TV
After Janne suddenly disappears while taking out the trash, the police tell Heta there’s nothing they can do - a person has every right to go missing if there is no sign of a crime. Troubled, she begins searching for and finds only one clue: it seems Janne had undergone Koistinen’s radical divorce therapy for men.
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Title: Duke of the Suburbs
Character: Jouni Haavisto
Released: May 9, 2018
Type: TV
Duke of Sipoo is a comedy about corruption and family man, Pasi Kovalainen, who has built his empire mostly by questionable means. Kovalainen himself doesn't think he's a criminal, but a average man trying to make a living and a victim of bureaucracy. Prosecutor takes interests in his actions and puts two criminal investigators to investigate everything he does, planning to catch him even for something small and get him put behind bars. At the same time, one reporter and group of other people want his head on a plate too.
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Title: Deadwind
Character: Kulju
Released: March 14, 2018
Type: TV
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.
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Super Furball
Title: Super Furball
Character: Police
Released: January 26, 2018
Type: Movie
Emilia is a suburban kid. She goes to school, lives with her Mom and sometimes her Dad, and her life couldn’t be more ordinary. But one day Emilia’s pet hamster bites her finger. Emilia gets a secret superpower to transform into Super Furball, who can fly and solve problems with her superpowers. At the same time, the herrings in the nearby Baltic Sea bay are screaming for help because of poisoned water. As the Super Furball, Emilia takes it upon herself to fix the situation and finds ways to be more courageous in her own life.
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Winning Ticket
Title: Winning Ticket
Character: Matti
Released: January 12, 2018
Type: Movie
Eevi works in a beauty parlor, leading a humdrum life in the suburbs of Helsinki with his husband Kari, a wannabe rocker. After the jackpot, the couple agrees to carry on with their lives as before, without telling anyone about the stroke of luck. But the money is burning holes in their pockets and that’s hard to hide. Their opinions about themselves and their relationship are put to the test. Everyone seems now to have a strange attitude towards them – although they try to pretend to be the same people as before. Do the millions bring happiness after all?
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95
Title: 95
Character: Toimittaja Toikka
Released: December 25, 2017
Type: Movie
Set in the final weekend of the year 1995 Ice Hockey World Championships, 95 tells through overlapping stories why Finland became a ice hockey world champion and how it affected the whole nation.
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Euthanizer
Title: Euthanizer
Character: Veijo Haukka
Released: November 24, 2017
Type: Movie
Euthanizer tells the story of a mechanic who euthanises sick and old pets as a side job. Despite the grim work, he has a soft spot for the animals. Trouble stirs when the owner of a dog he was supposed to end realises that the canine is still alive. The only innocent party in the drama that ensues is the dog itself.
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Title: Love and Order
Character: Maski-Masa
Released: October 29, 2017
Type: TV
The storm has collapsed Finland's infrastructure and made people's lives. What happened also seems to have consequences for people’s emotional lives, especially for men. Rauni Kolehmainen, Commissioner of Public Order Police, tries his best to keep both the world and his own life together.
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Rendel
Title: Rendel
Character: Mr. Erola
Released: September 22, 2017
Type: Movie
Rendel, a masked superhero, becomes blinded by his desire for revenge against a sinister criminal organization.
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Wendy and the Refugee Neverland
Title: Wendy and the Refugee Neverland
Character: Kari Tillander
Released: July 21, 2017
Type: Movie
Story about 29-year-old Krisu, who is quite lost in her life. Luckily, she has a indie band called Wendy and the Refugee Neverland.
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The Other Side of Hope
Title: The Other Side of Hope
Character: Man with Cold Stare
Released: February 3, 2017
Type: Movie
A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland.
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Tomato
Title: Tomato
Character: Jouko
Released: December 21, 2016
Type: Movie
Unemployed actor Kati gets a job as a tomato on a commercial. Turns out that the gig is not what she expected.
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Guilt
Title: Guilt
Character: Markku
Released: November 18, 2016
Type: Movie
Guilt is a high concept thriller that follows Tomas, a man who joins a violent criminal gang in an attempt to find his sister. As he delves deeper into his mission, his moralities waver and his obsession starts to consume him.
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Title: Downshifters
Character: Pappi
Released: October 26, 2016
Type: TV
A successful thirtysomething couple find themselves at a financial dead end; they are faced with an extreme lifestyle change to pay for their debts. The luxury lifestyle ends when they are forced to move into a rented apartment in the suburbs. But to their friends, they hold up a facade and explain it all with downshifting.
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Mausoleum
Title: Mausoleum
Character: Stalin
Released: January 1, 2016
Type: Movie
Pathologist Abrikosov gets a phone call that a fly has taken a refuge inside Lenin's sarcophagus. No one knows how to get rid of it. Its Mayday 1936 and Stalin himself is about to come to inspect the body prior to Mayday festivities.
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Lapland Odyssey 2
Title: Lapland Odyssey 2
Character: Poliisi
Released: September 30, 2015
Type: Movie
It’s been three years since we last met Janne and Inari. Since then, they’ve had a daughter named Lumi. Janne and his friends experience a new adventure, this time on an autumn night. The boys go to a party but end up chasing Lumi who has disappeared. Meanwhile, Inari enjoys a girls-night-out and has an adventure of her own.
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Title: Pintaa syvemmältä
Character: Kansliapäällikkö Mesimäki
Released: September 13, 2015
Type: TV
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Title: Napamiehet
Character: Timppa
Released: March 28, 2015
Type: TV
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Lovemilla
Title: Lovemilla
Character: Mikko
Released: February 6, 2015
Type: Movie
Aimo and Milla are living together at Milla's alcoholics-turned-zombies parents' place. They save money to move out of the house. Due to his lack of self confidence, Aimo wastes their savings to turbo-boost his muscles. As conventional body building is not quite satisfactory, Aimo tunes himself up into a robot. Milla doesn't like the new Aimo-Robot and leaves him. Aimo´s heartache leads him to extreme measures as he also changes his heart into a metal one, one that doesn't hurt. Milla decides to steal Aimo heart: after all, a woman needs to have a man´s heart. Lovemilla is an anarchistic comedy trip, a comedy about love, a story about love, robots and bodybuilding.
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Vares: The Sheriff
Title: Vares: The Sheriff
Character: Pastori Alanen
Released: January 7, 2015
Type: Movie
Jussi Vares find two bodies of Turku outskirts of women, which has been shot in the head, and the man whose body is full of runes similar to the cuts, which suggest that the murder would have been part of the dark ritual. A year later, Vares is hired to investigate these homicides. Cable Wires take Varesta towards Turku underworld dominant invisible godfather, sheriff. Sheriff is the man whom nobody knows and we do not discuss. Vares drifts dangerously close to the "jury", the secret underworld lord clubs, the members of the human spirit is a cheap commodity. Rummaging through the case Vares get too close to the truth.
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First World Problems
Title: First World Problems
Character: Manager
Released: November 11, 2014
Type: Movie
Losing a car in a car park can be the end of the world or the beginning of another.
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Title: Nurses
Character: Antti
Released: October 29, 2014
Type: TV
Like good soldiers in a war-zone, hospital staff are expected to respect the chain of command when dealing with life and death situations. But what happens when smug doctors, arrogant surgeons, and out-of-touch administrators make that easier said than done? Nurses deals with the professional and personal lives of four female colleagues who cope in different ways with the challenges of life on the trauma ward. With determination, strength, and a dark sense of humor, they achieve the demanding and inspiring task of saving lives in a system that sometimes seems designed to do the opposite.
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Title: Kansan mies
Character: pankinjohtaja
Released: November 24, 2013
Type: TV
The life of Aki Honkala, a blindly dedicated Member of the European Parliament, takes a radical turn during one scandal-plagued election night. The fall from grace is no surprise to anyone but himself. The people have spoken, let the chatter go - but what remains of a man who has lived and breathed politics for most of his adult life?
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August Fools
Title: August Fools
Character: Oikeistolainen toimittaja
Released: October 4, 2013
Type: Movie
An comedy set in 1960s Helsinki. The story revolves around Elsa, a resolute hatmaker who is in complete control of her life. Besides running her shop, she sometimes doubles as a fortune teller. When Jan, a Czechoslovakian jazz musician and Elsa's old lover comes to town to perform at a "peace and friendship festival", her well-organised life is jolted out of balance.
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The Hijack That Went South
Title: The Hijack That Went South
Character: Marttisen keilakaveri
Released: January 18, 2013
Type: Movie
Aarno Lamminparras hijacked an airplane with a gun in 1978. A true story.
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A Closet
Title: A Closet
Released: November 16, 2012
Type: Movie
Aerial photograph salesman travels the Finnish countryside. In one house he hears strange noises coming from the closet.
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Vares: Tango of Darkness
Title: Vares: Tango of Darkness
Character: Pastori Alanen
Released: October 5, 2012
Type: Movie
The tango king Harry Koivikko was found dead six years ago in a sleazebag motel, with a knife is his back. The biggest manhunt in the county faded away without results. Jussi Vares gets a phone call from a down-and-out journalist; the informant tells Vares he knows the murderer. Then the journalist disappears without a trace and Vares has to face the biggest challenge of his career. To add insult to the injury, an old acquaintance Veikko Hopea gets his first prison furlough…
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Simo Times Three
Title: Simo Times Three
Character: Rimpi
Released: September 14, 2012
Type: Movie
A caper comedy about two friends, Simo and Lasse, who try to earn their living as burglars. But now there's also Baby Simo.
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Vares: Gambling Chip
Title: Vares: Gambling Chip
Character: Pastori Alanen
Released: March 16, 2012
Type: Movie
Jussi Vares falls in love with a beautiful brunette - only to lose her in a horrible way. After dating Sole a few weeks, her body is found in a bird-watching tower. The investigations come to a standstill, until Vares promises to solve a mystery of messy denunciation letters. Before the letters reveal their secret, a lot of things happen. A gun-for-hire, Stahanov, gets an assignment. Sole's brother finds his wife in the arms of a wrong man and goes on a rampage, accompanied by a black cat. In the end the clues lead to a familiar person and more death in unavoidable
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Stars Above
Title: Stars Above
Character: Vihavaisen isäntä
Released: March 2, 2012
Type: Movie
Stars above follows the stories of three women from the same family across three different decades. The main characters – Saima, Tuulikki and Salla – each lives in the same country house. Saima´s story takes place in the war time 1942, when Finland fought against Soviet Union, Tuulikki´s story in colourful year 1978 and Salla´s story in the present day. Each woman is between 30 and 40. This deep and beautiful, yet humorous film pictures the encounters between people and the possibilities for choice. How much does the time we live in affect us - and our ability to hold on to our dreams? What are those things which we pass on from one generation to the next? What changes, what remains the same? And to what extent do mothers´ choices, let alone their unspoken secrets, affect their daughters´ lives?
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Vares: The Path of the Righteous Men
Title: Vares: The Path of the Righteous Men
Character: Pastori Alanen
Released: January 6, 2012
Type: Movie
The body of a young woman whose heart has been ripped out of her chest is found in a remote are in Finland. The finder of the body, a dismissed pastor, hires private investigator Jussi Vares to investigate the crime. Vares uncovers a criminal ring involved in extortion, religious scams, exploitation of minors and stock market speculation.
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Silence
Title: Silence
Character: Antin isä
Released: December 9, 2011
Type: Movie
A drama between people under unconventional circumstances. In the Second World War Finland was the only nation who brought casualties killed-in-action back to be buried at home. These actions were carried out by men and women working in assembly centres near enemy lines. Silence is a story of a group of people in a limbo between life and death, in a mental no-man's- land, where heaven and hell, horror and joy, love and fear touch each other.
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Play God
Title: Play God
Character: Self
Released: September 6, 2011
Type: Movie
Play God is a humorous documentary that neither apologizes nor whines but simply recounts, with brutal honesty, the story of a failed splatter film project.
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Vares: Garter Snake
Title: Vares: Garter Snake
Character: Pastori Alanen
Released: August 5, 2011
Type: Movie
In the heat of the night, a man from faraway plays the piano. In the local hillside prison, a bitter double-crossed convict stares at the city life over the roofs. A revenge is brewing in his mind; the blood-thirsty killer prepares his escape. Vares gets a client who needs private investigations. Despite the beautiful wife, Vares smells a rat... In the middle of the summer night, a shot rings out. One life comes to an end and Vares finds changes in his assignment. The clues lead him to first-hand encounters and second-hand bookshops; a visit to the gym reveals a drug-smuggling route from Stockholm... Vares finds himself entangled in hot money and cool silk. In the background slithers a cunning garter snake.
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The Inspector
Title: The Inspector
Character: Toimitusjohtaja
Released: June 16, 2011
Type: Movie
Surrealistic black comedy about a safe insurance inspector looking into one company's fate.
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Vares: The Girls of April
Title: Vares: The Girls of April
Character: Pastori Alanen
Released: April 20, 2011
Type: Movie
Tough Finnish detective Jussi Vares gets hired by a friend at a newspaper to investigate a 15 year old mystery regarding the disappearance of 3 girls.
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Title: Virta
Character: Jouni Välke
Released: April 7, 2011
Type: TV
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Vares: The Kiss of Evil
Title: Vares: The Kiss of Evil
Character: Pastori Alanen
Released: January 6, 2011
Type: Movie
A young college student is found stabbed to death,and private detective Vares life takes an interesting turn when the girls family asks him to investigate the case.
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A Perfect Day
Title: A Perfect Day
Character: Arto
Released: January 1, 2011
Type: Movie
Police officer gets back to work after getting a wheelchair. Nothing is the same and even the gun must be given away.
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Princess
Title: Princess
Character: Gustav
Released: September 10, 2010
Type: Movie
Princess tells the true story of former cabaret dancer Anna Lappalainen's redemptive struggle with insanity, who checked in to Finland's Kellokoski Psychiatric Hospital in 1945.
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Heartbeats
Title: Heartbeats
Character: Möreä-ääninen mies
Released: March 5, 2010
Type: Movie
Seven stories of women. Occasionally intersecting with each other in everyday situations. Parallel episodes of hope and abandonment, addiction and infidelity, but also friendship and trust.
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Bad Family
Title: Bad Family
Character: Man
Released: January 29, 2010
Type: Movie
The story of an overly protective and controlling father who suspects incest is taking place between his own son and daughter. These growing suspicions and concerns cause the father to become delusional and unrelenting in his quest to end the love affair between his children.
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If You Love
Title: If You Love
Character: Ola
Released: January 6, 2010
Type: Movie
Ada, the pampered daughter of the Minister, crashes drunk with an immigrant and loses her memory. Ada starts dating the victim’s son, Toni, but the relationship is put to the test when the secret is revealed.
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Overseas and Under Your Skin
Title: Overseas and Under Your Skin
Character: Pekka
Released: January 23, 2009
Type: Movie
Ida is a woman who was adopted to Finland from Africa as a child. Ida is an unemployed seamstress approaching her thirties and still lives at home with her activist mother Kati. Kati wants to fix her daughter's life and offers her a job at her work. Encouraged by her new friend Ville, Ida, however, sets out for Berlin in order to find a job and to prove to her mother that she can manage on her own. Meanwhile, Kati has been told that she is seriously ill, but she does not want to mention it to Ida in fear of standing in the way of her daughter's struggle for independence. Ida wants to have a life of her own, but what will she have left at the end of the day?
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Hellsinki
Title: Hellsinki
Character: Vankilanjohtaja
Released: January 9, 2009
Type: Movie
In the mid-1960s, three small-time Finnish bootleggers seize control of their Helsinki neighborhood's black-market liquor business.
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A Mate
Title: A Mate
Character: Pera
Released: October 24, 2008
Type: Movie
Pera wants to try something kinky in the bathroom, so he asks his mate to help him. However, Pera’s wife comes home a bit too soon…
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Taarka
Title: Taarka
Character: Mannerheim
Released: August 14, 2008
Type: Movie
The first film in the Seto language in the world speaks about the brightest heroine of a small people, the folk singer Hilana Taarka, a woman who lived her whole life as an outcast in a small chimney-less hut; as an unmarried mother of children in poverty, begging her bread, doing odd jobs and singing. She always sang the truth, sometimes bitter, sometimes funny, sometimes cruel. She was feared, despised and coveted. Taarka sang throughout her remarkable life, throughout her fate, from a small Seto village to international fame. And she sang well. Really well. Taarka became the Mother of the Song, a legend. But as a woman, as a member of the community, the Seto people never really accepted her. Taarka - a despised woman and a worshiped singer.
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Title: Suojelijat
Character: K-kauppias
Released: March 4, 2008
Type: TV
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Three in Love
Title: Three in Love
Character: Taksikuski
Released: February 1, 2008
Type: Movie
Tomi finds himself in love with two women and his wife Maria finds herself in a situation where she has to deal with the fact that Tomi is the love of her life.
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8 Days to Premiere
Title: 8 Days to Premiere
Character: Munkki
Released: January 25, 2008
Type: Movie
A love story set in the world of theater. Romeo and Juliet is to be the season's grand premiere. Noora, the female lead in the play, breaks her leg at the kickoff party, and Laura, an actress who due to her debilitating stage fright has ended up as the prompter for the play, gets a chance of a lifetime. There are 8 days to the premiere.
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Legacy
Title: Legacy
Released: January 1, 2008
Type: Movie
The meaning of life is a piece of cake.
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Georg
Title: Georg
Character: Finnish Border Guard
Released: October 5, 2007
Type: Movie
Unforgettable melodies, unique timbre and a memorable, soul-stirring voice. A mystery for women and authority for men, his talent was revered by the highest ranks of the Soviet Union and millions of ordinary people. Georg Ots took the stage when a huge country was recovering from the horrors of war, and his voice returned them faith in a bright future. Few people know what his life was really like.
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Title: Sydänjää
Character: Eero Keränen
Released: September 10, 2007
Type: TV
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V2: Dead Angel
Title: V2: Dead Angel
Character: Matti Urjala
Released: January 12, 2007
Type: Movie
The tough Detective Vares, get hired by a friend accused of murdering a girl. His job is to find the real killer, but people aren't talking. Before he can get traction another homicide takes place- and things move toward a dire conclusion.
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Rock'n Roll Never Dies
Title: Rock'n Roll Never Dies
Character: Priest
Released: December 22, 2006
Type: Movie
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Title: Rikospoliisi ei laula
Character: Tutkija Kannas
Released: October 1, 2006
Type: TV
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Lights in the Dusk
Title: Lights in the Dusk
Character: Shift Boss
Released: February 3, 2006
Type: Movie
Outcast by his co-workers and living alone, Koistinen is a security guard who works the night shift in a luxury shopping mall in Helsinki. But when icy blonde Mirja approaches him, the lonely Koistinen falls helplessly for her, unaware she is manipulating him for her criminal boyfriend.
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Matti: Hell Is for Heroes
Title: Matti: Hell Is for Heroes
Character: Salmela
Released: January 13, 2006
Type: Movie
Four Olympic gold medals, seven World Championship titles, four World Cup tour championships, and forty six World Cup circuit victories. Once his career as a professional athlete ended however, the other side of his personality emerged into public view in all of its vulgarity. An alcohol dependency, several marriages accompanied by numerous marital problems, petty crime, uncontrolled acts of violence, and greedy hangers-on.
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Promise
Title: Promise
Character: Kouluttaja
Released: December 2, 2005
Type: Movie
The film tells about members of Finnish women's Lotta Service during the Second World War through the eyes of three young women.
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Producing Adults
Title: Producing Adults
Character: Driver in Traffic Jam
Released: September 17, 2004
Type: Movie
Longtime couple Venla and Antero come to a serious impasse. After years with Antero, Venla wants to start a family, but her boyfriend, worried that parenthood will stifle his speed-skating career, secretly gets a vasectomy. Determined to have a child, Venla seeks help from a female fertility doctor, a decision that breeds new possibilities for the prospective mother when she falls in love with the doctor.
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Pearls and Pigs
Title: Pearls and Pigs
Character: Mother's Boyfriend
Released: August 29, 2003
Type: Movie
When their bootlegging father ends up in jail, four twenty-something brothers need money to pay his debts to local crooks. Next, their 9-year-old half-sister is dumped on their doorstep by her prostitute mother. A karaoke set helps reveal that the little girl is quite a singer, just as a talent contest for children is coming up on national television offering more than enough money to the winner.
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The Classic
Title: The Classic
Character: Kartio
Released: February 23, 2001
Type: Movie
A self-loving fictional autobiography of author Kari Hotakainen.
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Ken tulta pyytää
Title: Ken tulta pyytää
Character: 2. poliisi
Released: February 9, 2001
Type: Movie
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Title: Seitsemän
Character: Eero Riihelä
Released: January 8, 2001
Type: TV
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Highway Society
Title: Highway Society
Released: December 7, 2000
Type: Movie
The mechanic Jack tries to get rid of his criminal background.
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Title: Siperian Nero!
Character: Kaino Natrunen
Released: October 31, 2000
Type: TV
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Bad Luck Love
Title: Bad Luck Love
Character: Isännöitsijä Herranen
Released: September 29, 2000
Type: Movie
A shocking crime forces a man to re-evaluate his life, only to find that going straight is more complicated than he imagined. Ali is a low-level criminal who spends much of his spare time working out at a gym with his brother Pulu. Ali spends most of his day stoned on marijuana, while Pulu is known to drink cleaning products when he's run out of booze. Ali has fallen in love with Inka, a bright woman with a mind of her own, and her independent nature occasionally throws him into a fit of jealousy.
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Pieni pyhiinvaellus
Title: Pieni pyhiinvaellus
Character: Lääkäri
Released: March 17, 2000
Type: Movie
In a religious rural community in the 1950s, Ritva, a young woman has kept her pregnancy a secret. Helped by her sister, she gives birth but soon abandons the baby. The next day the infant is brought to the hospital where Ritva works. Troubled with shame, Ritva finds consolation from a dying priest.
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Title: Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood
Character: Kari Salonen
Released: February 29, 2000
Type: TV
Kylmäverisesti sinun (Sincerely Yours in Cold Blood) is a Finnish true crime drama television series. All episodes are based on real life cases. The show follows Helsinki central police department investigator Veli Miettinen and lawyer Mira Kataja as they tackle with personal life problems and try to keep their relationship purely professional.
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Lakeuden kutsu
Title: Lakeuden kutsu
Character: Nikander, pankinjohtaja
Released: January 14, 2000
Type: Movie
Businessman Erkki Hakala returns to Ostrobothnia after years in Florida and buys a metal workshop in Jalasjärvi from the unknown Partanen brothers with his business partner Taisto Matsomppi. Erkki misses his wife Kaisu, who back in the day stayed in Finland, and his child, but will the man be forgiven for years of absence?
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Title: Kaverille ei jätetä
Character: Lätkäkaveri
Released: October 3, 1999
Type: TV
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Title: Kaverille ei jätetä
Character: Huuliharppu-Holopainen
Released: October 3, 1999
Type: TV
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Kiss Me in the Rain
Title: Kiss Me in the Rain
Released: September 17, 1999
Type: Movie
Middle-aged Maire's husband spends most of his time abroad on business. Alone in their large house, Maire fills her empty life by absorbing other people's tragedies from tabloid newspapers. Obsessed by the story about a young single mother whose husband was killed and the killer got away with it, she befriends the young widow who would rather forget the whole event and go on with her life.
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White Marble
Title: White Marble
Character: Everstiluutnantti
Released: December 21, 1998
Type: Movie
Half-senile Ossi and his wife travel to celebrate Ossi's 75th birthday at an old people's home where most of their friends are already staying. Just before the festivities Ossi suddenly disappears and goes on tour to 'make an inventory of his life'. He checks into a hotel, poses as a publishing director to lure an aspiring female novelist, next travels to bother his old mistress and her new husband with his surprise visit and obnoxious comments, then goes to see his son for the first time in 34 years just to receive an even colder treatment. Meanwhile, his equally demented wife goes looking for him with a local policeman.
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Eros and Psyche
Title: Eros and Psyche
Character: Eroksen kaveri
Released: December 4, 1998
Type: Movie
This is a sad story of Eros and Psyche. Sadder than the ancient myth that was only a dream after all. In my story, the characters learn nothing.
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Title: Big Bang
Character: Mauri Martikainen
Released: November 1, 1998
Type: TV
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Seasick
Title: Seasick
Character: 2nd Officer Pavic
Released: April 5, 1996
Type: Movie
Eco-terrorists attack a ship carrying toxic waste.
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Tomas
Title: Tomas
Released: February 23, 1996
Type: Movie
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Drifting Clouds
Title: Drifting Clouds
Character: Forsström
Released: January 26, 1996
Type: Movie
The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together they must hit the streets of Helsinki, facing up to hardship and humiliation in their quest for survival, guided through the gloom by a ray of hope.
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Title: Samppanjaa ja vaahtokarkkeja
Character: Jyrki Katajakoski
Released: November 6, 1995
Type: TV
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Title: Kotikatu
Character: Arno Blom
Released: August 24, 1995
Type: TV
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Kaikki pelissä
Title: Kaikki pelissä
Character: veturin lämmittäjä
Released: April 15, 1994
Type: Movie
A film group is making movie in the little town. Writer Pentti Töysä interrupts film group's press conference and claims that script is written by him and it is based on true story. Töysä also says that he has written a new ending to the movie and that it reveals an old murder. Not everyone is happy about the new twist.
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Romanovin kivet
Title: Romanovin kivet
Character: Jarva
Released: November 26, 1993
Type: Movie
This action packed Finnish thriller tells the tale of two friends who get their revenge against the millionaire who double-crossed them. Patrick and Tony are hired by the wealthy gambler to steal the priceless Romanov stones, Russian jewels. They do it, but almost lose their lives when he double-crosses them. They turn around and get revenge, his money, his wife, and his daughter.
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Our Father…
Title: Our Father…
Character: Juhanin isä nuorena
Released: October 22, 1993
Type: Movie
Juhani Haavisto returns to his childhood home from the seas and is confronted by his wheelchair-bound, demented father Eino and the traumas of sexual abuse and violence he experienced as a child.
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Routasydän
Title: Routasydän
Character: Varomaa
Released: March 5, 1993
Type: Movie
In this gloomy scenario about Finland's upcoming membership in the European Union, the country has become a poor peripheral area plagued by energy shortages and civil wars. Escaping the city to his summer cottage with his children and a lady next door, a divorced university teacher is forced to pick up a young delirious woman from the roadside. He soon falls in love with her, only to find out she is a sought-after deserter from a violent guerilla army.
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The Prodigal Son
Title: The Prodigal Son
Character: Harri
Released: October 30, 1992
Type: Movie
Esa is a small time crook who has been precisely released from prison. He starts to make money by mugging people. One day psychiatrist Lindström rings Esa's doorbell. He has a very strange request: he wants Esa to maltreat him. Esa accepts this request, but he is not aware of Lindström's bad intentions.
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Title: Päin perhettä
Character: Muuttomies
Released: April 1, 1992
Type: TV
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Kauhun millimetrit
Title: Kauhun millimetrit
Character: Henkilöstöpäällikkö
Released: March 6, 1992
Type: Movie
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Missä on suuri pohjoinen
Title: Missä on suuri pohjoinen
Released: February 14, 1991
Type: Movie
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The Winter War
Title: The Winter War
Character: Veikko Korpela
Released: November 30, 1989
Type: Movie
Russia attacked Finland in late November 1939. This film tells the story of a Finnish platoon of reservists from the municipality of Kauhava in the province of Pohjanmaa/Ostrobothnia who leave their homes and go to war. The film focuses on the farmer brothers Martti and Paavo Hakala.
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Siriuksen vieraat
Title: Siriuksen vieraat
Released: April 9, 1987
Type: Movie
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Vääpeli Sadon tapaus
Title: Vääpeli Sadon tapaus
Character: Alokas
Released: October 9, 1985
Type: Movie
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Title: Scene of the Crime
Released: November 29, 1970
Type: TV
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
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Armomurhaaja 2: Elämän koulu
Title: Armomurhaaja 2: Elämän koulu
Character: Veijo Haukka
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Veijo Haukka, who has mended his ways during his murder sentence, has to face against the offspring of his victims. At the same time closeness of death threatens his relationship.