The Matriarch (2007)
Martta and Otto are a pair of traveling tailors who claim to be bastard descendants of the Romanovs and wander from town to town in Finland seeking work, accompanied by their two half-witted adult sons, Hippo, Repe and equally silly son-in-law Ventti. The family occasionally turns to crime when they can't quite make ends meet, and the boys begin turning to violence with greater frequency when Otto weakens and Martta becomes the head of the family business. Their fortunes take an unexpected turn when the brothers assault and abduct a man they call Kaspar, who becomes the family's sidekick in their travels. Despite Kaspar's inability to speak, he attracts Martha's youngest daughter, an attractive young woman named Lara, but the family is in disarray when a long-lost half-brother, Laszlo, suddenly re-emerges and tries to wrest control of the clan away from his mother.
Director: Markku Pölönen
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Peter Franzén as Laszlo |
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Sanna-Kaisa Palo as Martta |
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Samuli Vauramo as Kasper |
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Jenni Banerjee as Lara |
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Heikki Kinnunen as Niccolo / Otto |
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Heikki Hela as Mojo |
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Mika Nuojua as Ruippa |
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Janne Reinikainen as Lutku |
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Ismo Apell as Jali Nappi |
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Puntti Valtonen as Jori |
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Emma Piitulainen as Anna |
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Elina Knihtilä as Roosa |
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Lotta Lehtikari as Veera |
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Kaarina Turunen as Hullu-Helena |
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Toni Wahlström as Ventti |
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Tuomas Uusitalo as Hippo |
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Tatu Siivonen as Repe |
| Sound | Olli Pärnänen | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Directing | Jukki Tuura | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Allan Pyykkö | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Heli Karppinen | Script Supervisor |
| Editing | Pasi Mäkelä | Colorist |
| Camera | Saija Mäki-Nevala | Second Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Emilia Putkinen | Second Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Tomi Lakonen | Gaffer |
| Sound | Heikki Innanen | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Heikki Innanen | Sound Editor |
| Lighting | Matti Näränen | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Jari Innanen | Production Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Markku Pölönen | Director |
| Writing | Markku Pölönen | Writer |
| Editing | Petteri Linnus | Online Editor |
| Camera | Jan Nyman | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Markku Pölönen | Editor |
| Production | Satu Sadinkangas | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Vesa Mäkinen | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Jenni Lähteenmäki | Producer |
| Art | Petri Neuvonen | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tiina Kaukanen | Costume Design |
| Sound | Heikki Innanen | Sound Designer |
| Production | Petri Rossi | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Riikka Virtanen | Makeup Designer |
| Production | Riikka Laakkonen | Production Assistant |
| Camera | Marko Mantere | Grip |
| Art | Anssi Pennanen | Property Master |