The Classic ( Klassikko )

The Classic (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Klassikko
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Finnish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Finland ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
80 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2001 and produced in:
Finland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Kari Väänänen

Written By:
Kari Hotakainen
Kari Väänänen

Actors:
Martti Suosalo ..... Kari Hotakainen
Janne Hyytiäinen ..... Pertti 'Pera' Kiilapää
Matti Onnismaa ..... Kartio
Pertti Sveholm ..... Vikström
Pirkka-Pekka Petelius ..... Veisterä
Arvi Lind ..... Arvi Lind
Minna Koskela ..... Kioskin myyjä
Hannele Ruusunen ..... Cindy
Harri Ekonen ..... Presidentti
Pihla Penttinen ..... Hoitajaharjoittelija
Sari Siikander ..... Ex-tyttöystävä
Puntti Valtonen ..... STT-toimittaja
Pentti Auer ..... STT-pomo
Tuire Tuomisto ..... Kelan kassa
Kari Väänänen ..... Amisopettaja

Synopsis:

Comic narrative about a writer, based on the author Kari Hotakainen, who is critically acclaimed but with few sales. He is asked by his publisher to write a self-revalatory diary of his early years as a writer. Desperate attempts to find inspiration for this hoped-for best seller take the writer into a world of fast cars and a police chase broadcast live on Finnish television. The story binds together the writer's pseudo diaries and the reality of Finnish men and society.

Based on Kari Hotakainen's 1997 novel, the film's main character is a not very successful writer, Hotakainen, who is ordered by his publisher to write a dramatic novel about his own secret life. In search for 'manic' inspiration, he becomes entangled in the world of cars, particularly a certain yellow Toyota and a used Alfa Romeo. As Hotakainen breaks ties with his former life and reality, he finds himself in opposition with Pera, the young white trash owner of the Toyota.

Author Kari Hotakainen is forced to write an autobiographical diary by his publisher, and to accomplish this, he tries to enter into a manic state somehow more conducive to writing. Hotakainen, played by Martti Suosalo, crosses paths with several caricatured people, and eventually starts committing crimes to make the headlines so his books will sell.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 14 August, 2007.