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Syrjähyppyjä

1996 · 70 min

A wry, low-key Finnish character piece where small lies snowball quietly, mixing gentle comedy with a melancholy look at love and compromise.

Directed by
Matti Ijäs
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Outi Mäenpää, Vesa Vierikko, Ilkka Heiskanen
Overview
An unemployed actor falls in love with a theater director, who gives him work. Both of them are in relationships, and their little lies gradually pile up into bigger ones.

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Directed by
Matti Ijäs
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Outi Mäenpää, Vesa Vierikko, Ilkka Heiskanen
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • deception
  • work
  • identity
  • betrayal
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Matti Ijäs
Written by
Matti Ijäs
Starring
Outi Mäenpää, Vesa Vierikko, Ilkka Heiskanen, Ulla Uotinen, Jukka Rasila, Anna-Maria Klintrup, Jari Pehkonen, Anna-Leena Sipilä
Runtime
70 min
Country
Finland
Languages
Finnish

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