“Juha Kukkonen gives the performance of his life in Jarmo Lampela’s film.”
A homeless Finn and a Catalan in a wheelchair find Don Quixote on the streets of Barcelona, and the book turns them into a knight and his squire.
More about the film →“At once warm-hearted and stark.”
“A drama about homelessness, alcoholism and mental breakdown that is both wry and humane.”
“A beautiful, moving and thoroughly coherent film.”
“Olli and Lluc’s eventful journey through the streets of Barcelona is an unflinching portrait of friendship.”
A travelling salesman in rural eastern Finland has his patience tested by a serial hitchhiker who hates cars. Behind the tirades lies the last and most human stop of the journey.
Cast Ismo Kotro, Juha Kukkonen · Directed by Jarmo Lampela · Screenplay Topi Koljonen · Producer Juha Kukkonen More about the film →When potter Masa’s wife leaves for Paris, the lonely members of his pottery course pass him from home to home across Suomenlinna. Written and directed by Jarmo Lampela.
A father and son move to a small northern village with a church, a graveyard, a school and snow as far as the eye can see. Directed by Matti Kinnunen, produced by Juha Kukkonen.
Alma and her friends plan to make their first million from her grandmother's Barcelona building, until the financial crisis hits. Directed by Jarmo Lampela.
Writer Kari Mairisaari has eight books of parody and political satire behind him. The next one cannot be written sitting in bars. Directed by Jarmo Lampela, starring Juha Kukkonen.
A doctor tries to bring her ex-husband’s Syrian relatives, stranded in Beirut, to Finland, with help from a drummer who is losing his hearing. Directed by Jarmo Lampela.
People whose carefully built worlds fall apart and who must rebuild their lives. Directed by Jarmo Lampela.
Two friends at a dead end in work and love end up under the same roof. A film about burnout and depression in a competitive society. Directed by Jarmo Lampela.
Music video for Maco Oey’s song Hengitän (I Breathe). Directed by Jarmo Lampela.
Jemina and Selina Sillanpää sing Kahteen suuntaan (Two Ways) on a porch, Live at Jim's Porch. Directed by Jarmo Lampela.
Earlier work: In the Footsteps of Young Werther (2013) · Werther · Poetry Heals the Heart
Vegetarian Films is the film and television unit of Cultural Workers’ Co-operative Adlerfelt, based on Suomenlinna in Helsinki. Our Spanish productions are made with Buenos Bandidos in Barcelona.
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