SYNOPSICS
Nousukausi (2003) is a Finnish movie. Johanna Vuoksenmaa has directed this movie. Petteri Summanen,Tiina Lymi,Kari-Pekka Toivonen,Juha Veijonen are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2003. Nousukausi (2003) is considered one of the best Comedy movie in India and around the world.
HOLIDAY FROM HELL. A young couple in the IT business, with no kids and a fancy house in a good neighbourhood, finally have a few weeks off before new career challenges. Envious about their friends' exotic holiday destinations, they meet a travel agent offering them the ultimate experience: four weeks in one of the shadiest suburbs of the city. Part of the deal is that their credit cards, passports and keys are all sealed in an envelope. Acting as an unemployed couple, their street credibility is often questioned by their new neighbours who are more at home with the ways of the concrete jungle. And this is just the beginning...
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Or should it be 'downswing'?
Spoilers Caught this short (98 minutes) Finnish comedy in a 'Euro Vision' festival in town. While this film is a 2003 production, the fact that the handful of comments on IMDb is almost entirely from Finland may suggest that it hasn't got much exposure elsewhere. The plot carries marks of originality. A yuppy couple Janne (an IT wiz) and Katri (a sough-after graphic designer) looking for an unusual vacation signs up with Invisible Hand Vacation for the 'unemployed poor' experience, a month in the housing projects with nothing but four envelopes of weekly cash that allows them to barely keep body and soul together. (For the sake of enjoyment of the movie, let's not argue about whether an educated couple should be so gullible). The first half of the film treads lightly along this path, as we see how the couple adapts to this play-world poverty but actually blending in with the real people living in this neighbourhood. There are some very funny moments as well as interesting insight into how the minds of these two people work under this made-believe poverty. In the middle of the movie, events start to turn a little nasty as the vacation turns out to be one big con job. Things get a bit melodramatic from this point on, losing some of the freshness that came before. Sometimes satirical, sometime farcically, the mood nevertheless does not get carried so far as to become noire. One scene that I really like is close to the beginning, with the couple discussing this vacation package in their plush kitchen. As Janne goes through the material in the web site, we see detailed, close up shots of Katri making gourmet coffee from an expensive domestic coffee machines, from grinding of beans to the rich coffee finally flowing out into the two beautiful cups. I could almost smell the aroma. This is a sharp contrast of what we see later, Katri sweating in their run down 'vacation' apartment, pouring dirty-looking water from a plastic jar into a plastic cup. The acting is good from both of the main characters, as well as the supporting cast. While not particularly profound or inspiring, this movie is entertaining and enjoyable.
Not just a comedy
I have really enjoyed myself lately the new Finnish movies as they get better and better! Nousukausi is a brilliant movie, made of a fresh and new idea. It is not only a comedy, even though it gave me huge laughs during the viewing. It is also a bit of a drama, focusing on the reality of a relationship of a two rich and talented young people, whose life is in every aspect in order -or is it? The movie focuses cleverly on the today's values in the society, and how they affect on young people. It shows us with the means of comedy how it is like when everything you have gained and relied on is taken away from you and suddenly you have to survive without the help from the surrounding society. And in this Nousukausi succeeds very well, making it very enjoyable watching! Definitely an enjoyable movie experience in Finnish movies!
are Ole & Lena really gullible?
If you know any of the old Norse "Ole and Lena" (Norwegian or Swedish jokes akin to "Polish jokes"), you will understand this updated illustration of the tendency of Scandinavians to be tricked or embarrass themselves. [saying this being one] This story gives the audience an interesting ride that is both exhilarating and painful - and definitely original. A young upwardly-mobile couple get sucked into a downward, terrifying spiral that ends up changing their lives in a number of positive ways. Kudos on a great story, fine sense of struggle, nice direction and wonderful performances. Absolutely well worth watching if not one of the best foreign films I've seen in the past year.
A different kind of Finnish Comedy
Quite frankly, I had totally different kind of anticipations for this film, and I was very strongly taken by surprise when I actually viewed the film-- And very positively so. Is the Finnish title perhaps misleading, if so, is it for purpose? :-) I'd actually categorize this as 'Drama-Comedy' or something. And as comedy, I'd acknowledge this being a different kind of representative in that genre, especially for a team of Finns. I'm not sure how foreigners could understand this film as Finns do, as I expect many of symbols (such as places etc) have distinct meaning for Finns. And for sure that might be true also for people living outside Helsinki. But the actors were great, and plot -- even though pretty simple -- has funny indeed, and there was couple of twists and turns in it to keep one on toes. I recommend this for a nice, light and easy entertainment for a Tuesday/Thursday evening. Not to be taken too seriously. BR; --Tarra
Great trip to Jakomäki losing everything u got
Tiina Lymi and Petteri Summanen does great acting here, if you like humor this is some of the best from Finland. Underestimated comedy that has also lots of real things about society in Europe, how can things go wrong even if it should be easy to get up from grave. Actually you need to have some sort of brains to understand the humor of the movie, its not just some simple crappy story with good laughs, its deep and funny, very enjoyable. DVD also have good music video from the band Egotrippi. Nice lyrics and though. I truly love this kinda films, I'm on information technology business and so on, I get the jokes and everything about the film. Great acting, directing, the script all together all magnificent, this is truly an original movie, no other like this. Also soundtrack is brilliantly put together for the movie. Thats only my opinion and hopefully you'll enjoy the film :) I don't really can get lot's of minuses, maybe not so international movie but still great. If you are Finnish and like humor you've gotta see this one. 9/10