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Rautakauppias Uuno Turhapuro, presidentin vävy

1978 · 90 min

A loose, silly sketch-comedy romp that coasts on goofy gags and a lazy hero's antics rather than any real plot.}{.

Overview
Uuno's father-in-law is running for president and to avoid embarrassment pressures Uuno to finally get a job, which he does at a hardware store. Meanwhile, a political rival sends a bionic female agent to seduce Uuno in hopes of creating a scandal, and Uuno develops a ploy where he pretends to be his long-lost brother from America.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • deception
  • family
  • identity
  • class
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour8
Realism5
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Ere Kokkonen
Written by
Spede Pasanen
Starring
Vesa-Matti Loiri, Marjatta Raita, Marita Nordberg, Tapio Hämäläinen, Spede Pasanen, Simo Salminen, Juhani Kumpulainen, Liisa Paatso
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
90 min
Country
Finland
Languages
Finnish, Swedish

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