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Matti

Matti

2006Movie⏱️ 2h 15m
BiographyComedyDramaSport
5.9
IMDB Rating
4,391 votes

A ski jumper descends from winning 4 Olympic Gold Medals, to serving two years for stabbing a relative. Careers as a stripper and singer, plus five marriages, replete with allegations of domestic violence are fictionalized sympath...

Director
Aleksi Mäkelä
Writers
N/A
Stars
Jasper Pääkkönen, Elina Hietala, Juha Veijonen
Release Date
January 13, 2006
Language
Finnish
Country
Finland
🎯 3
Nominations
💬 8
Reviews
📋 1.1K
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🎭 Top Cast

Jasper Pääkkönen
Jasper Pääkkönen
as Matti Nykänen
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Elina Hietala
as Taina
👤
Juha Veijonen
as Maisteri
Peter Franzén
Peter Franzén
as Niilo Nevala
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Elina Knihtilä
as Mirva
Kari Hietalahti
Kari Hietalahti
as Hammer
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Jope Ruonansuu
as Oksanen
Jani Volanen
Jani Volanen
as Nipa
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Jussi Lampi
as Jorma Tapio
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Toni Wahlström
as Kalle Ylianttila

💰 Box Office

$4,359,099
Worldwide Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Sound
Dolby Digital
Color
Color
Filming Location
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Yugoslavia
Production
Mainostelevisio (MTV3), Solar Films

🏷️ Keywords

ski jumpersingeralcoholski jumpingsports history

🎯 Categories

FinnishBiographyComedyDramaSport

⭐ Featured Review

It is so good I want to hide under the table
by tuula-12009-03-21
10/10

"I don't know if you need to be Finnish to understand this, but does the word 'myötähäpeä' translate to English? It is the feeling of being ashamed on someone else's behalf. I know enough people like this in Finland, who think all the booze that appears within reach MUST be drunk, and also people who can be lead by their nose by their friends like they had no brains (while they do have, even if it at times seems defective). It also has various scenes of drinking by fireside by a lake, hitchhiking, crummy local halls where bands perform, horrible clothes and suburbia that I..."

💡 Did You Know?

In the documentary of the film it is revealed that Jasper Pääkkönen performed the bridge jump himself because there was not enough money to hire a stuntman.

📖 Synopsis

A ski jumper descends from winning 4 Olympic Gold Medals, to serving two years for stabbing a relative. Careers as a stripper and singer, plus five marriages, replete with allegations of domestic violence are fictionalized sympath...