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Portraits of Women

1970 · 90 min

A wry, self-mocking satire of filmmaking and scandal, with a loose, episodic charm and a surprisingly tender romantic streak.

Directed by
Jörn Donner
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Jörn Donner, Ritva Vepsä, Kirsti Wallasvaara
Overview
Finnish porn movie producer Pertsa returns from America to his home country to continue his profession with hopelessly small budgets and incompetent casts and crews. A self-ironic satire about director Donner's scandalous fame in late 1960s Finland, notorious for a graphic long shot of his penis pointing northeast.

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Directed by
Jörn Donner
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Jörn Donner, Ritva Vepsä, Kirsti Wallasvaara
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • media
  • celebrity
  • sexuality
  • art
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Jörn Donner
Written by
Jörn Donner
Starring
Jörn Donner, Ritva Vepsä, Kirsti Wallasvaara, Aarre Elo, Marianne Holmström, Henrik Granö, Jaakko Talaskivi, Lennart Lauramaa
Music
Claes af Geijerstam
Cinematography
Heikki Katajisto
Runtime
90 min
Country
Finland
Languages
Finnish

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