Land of Hope

Oct 26, 2018

1h 48m

★ 7.0

Overview

Anni, a daughter of a wealthy family and used to secure life, falls in love with Veikko, a war invalid of the Continuation War. Anni leaves her past behind her and starts leading the life of a pioneer, in the wild forests of northern Karelia, in a settlement farm. After a rosy start, the fate crushes Anni’s dreams and her love for Veikko is put to a test.

Genres

History

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Solar Films

Suomen Filmiteollisuus SF

Land of Hope Trailers

Cast

Anni

Oona Airola

Veikko

Konsta Laakso

Hilkka

Helmi Linnosmaa

Kalevi

Antti Virmavirta

Ella

Marjaana Maijala

Kullervo

Hannu-Pekka Björkman

Vertti

Arto Heikkilä

Teacher

Marja Packalén

Aatos

Mika Nuojua

Aarne

Pyry Äikää

Akuliina

Sanna-Kaisa Palo

Juuli

Elina Saarela

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5.0

Picnic in Topola

Jul 9, 1981

The two young men roam through the night. One of them proposes a girl he just met in a supermarket for a fun. However, the wedding actually comes true a few days later at a river canal near the small town. Influenced by booze and boredom, the old problems emerge.

5.0

Serious Moonlight

Dec 4, 2009

After her adulterous husband asks for a divorce, a high-powered attorney takes him captive, refusing to release him until he commits to working on their marriage together. When his impatient mistress shows up, not to mention an opportunistic gardener, things start to get seriously complicated.

7.2

Somebody Up There Likes Me

Jul 4, 1956

The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.

7.0

Necessary Parties

Jan 1, 1988

Fifteen-year-old Chris Mills isn't too happy with his divorcing parents. In fact, he doesn't want them to split at all, so he hires car repair shop owner -- and former attorney -- Archie Corelli to run interference for him and put a stop to the proceedings. It's a match made in heaven because Chris and Archie both have a deep desire to see the right thing done.

6.1

Nora Prentiss

Feb 22, 1947

Quiet, organised Dr Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a street accident. Despite her misgivings they become heavily involved and Talbot finds he is faced with the choice of leaving Nora or divorcing his wife. When a patient expires in his office, a third option seems to present itself.

2.9

Frat Party

Dec 1, 2009

Duffy, the big man on campus, is marrying Adriana, a debutante heiress to a global wine fortune, right after they both graduate from the same prestigious university. Unfortunately, the final frat party of his college career is the night before his wedding, and there are many obstacles in his way, including a soon to be father-in-law who is less than happy with his daughter's choice.

6.2

High Wall

Dec 17, 1947

Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having confessed, he's committed to an understaffed county asylum full of pathetic inmates. There, Dr. Ann Lorrison is initially skeptical about Kenet's story and reluctance to undergo treatment. But against her better judgement, she begins to doubt his guilt.

4.1

Bobby

Aug 18, 2017

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5.9

Black Beauty

Apr 1, 1971

Anna Sewell's classic 1877 novel beautifully comes to life in this family drama set in England. Told from the point of view of Black Beauty himself, the story sheds light on the details surrounding the colt's birth and his perception of humans (he has various owners throughout his life). While some owners are compassionate -- none more than Joe Evans (Mark Lester), the boy who first owns the colt.

7.0

Husbands and Wives

Sep 18, 1992

When Jack and Sally announce that they're splitting up, this comes as a shock to their best friends Gabe and Judy. Maybe mostly because they also are drifting apart and are now being made aware of it. So while Jack and Sally try to go on and meet new people, the marriage of Gabe and Judy gets more and more strained, and they begin to find themselves being attracted to other people.

3.0

Kronika žhavého léta

Aug 31, 1973

A broadly drawn ideological epic set in the summer of 1947 in the borderlands of northern Bohemia: reactionary elements plot to undermine postwar social change while committed local communists struggle to organize workers and defend the emerging order. The narrative follows several archetypal figures—steadfast party activists, wary peasants, and obstructive reactionaries—whose clashes illustrate the claimed inevitability of working-class victory under communist leadership.

6.1

When Strangers Marry

Aug 21, 1944

A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be a murderer.

6.7

Njandukalude Naattil Oridavela

Sep 1, 2017

Sheela Chacko's leads a regular life as a mother, wife and a college lecturer. All this turns around when she learns about a serious affliction facing her. The comedy-drama carries on about how her insecure husband and her three children react to the enfolding situation.

5.2

Little Lips

Feb 8, 1978

A writer returns home to his estate after service in World War I. He has developed a very bad case of depression due to a war wound concerning his genitalia. He contemplates suicide, but recovers after becoming interested in his caretaker's 12 year-old war orphan niece, who now lives in the manor.

5.8

Together

Aug 27, 2021

A husband and wife are forced to re-evaluate themselves and their relationship through the reality of the Covid-19 lockdown.

7.8

The Heiress

Oct 6, 1949

In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an end when she meets a dashing poorer man — who may or may not be after her inheritance.

6.3

I'll Cry Tomorrow

Dec 25, 1955

Deprived of a normal childhood by her ambitious mother, Lillian Roth becomes a star of Broadway and Hollywood before she is twenty. Shortly before her marriage to her childhood sweetheart, David Tredman, he dies and Lillian takes her first drink of many down the road of becoming an alcoholic.

6.3

The House on Telegraph Hill

May 12, 1951

Concentration camp survivor Victoria Kowelska finds herself involved in mystery, greed, and murder when she assumes the identity of a dead friend in order to gain passage to America.

6.3

Walker

Dec 4, 1987

William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat.