Lovers & Leavers ( Kuutamolla ) ( Lovers and Leavers )

Lovers & Leavers (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Kuutamolla
Alternate Title: Lovers and Leavers
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Montreal World Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

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

Running Time:
114 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Alternative Footage
Commentary
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Music Video
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2002 and produced in:
Finland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Aku Louhimies

Written By:
Katja Kallio (novel)
Katja Kallio (screenplay)

Actors:
Minna Haapkylä ..... Iiris Vaara
Anna-Leena Härkönen ..... Anna
Laura Malmivaara ..... Laura
Peter Franzén ..... Marko
Matti Ristinen ..... Sami
Mikko Kouki ..... Jukka
Pirkko Saisio ..... Leila Vaara
Santeri Nuutinen ..... Santtu
Rasmus Nuutinen ..... Tintti
Valtteri Roiha ..... Hahmopsykologi
Veeti Kallio ..... Mikko (as Veeti)
Heikki Kujanpää ..... Jari
Mervi Takatalo ..... Liisa
Linda Zilliacus ..... Ilona
Nicke Lignell ..... Olli (as Niclas Lignell)

Synopsis:

A hopeless romantic, Iiris Vaara's (Minna Haapkyla) perceptions of romance stem from the hours of movie viewing she engages in when not working in her Helsinki bookstore. With such an idealized view of love, her experiences with real romantic relationships have been varied and disappointing - until she is introduced to young film director Marko (Peter Franzen). Deftly able to discuss all of Iiris's favorite movies and thusly capable of understanding her unique romantic points of view, Marko initially seems the perfect man for Iiris and the couple start an intense romantic relationship. Iiris and Marko are soon forced to question the very precepts of their relationship when their film-based conversations become old and repetitive while both begin recognizing and stripping away the over-romanticized illusions each had developed about the other. The second film from Finnish director Aku Louhimies, Lovers and Leavers was selected for inclusion into the 2002 Montreal World Film Festival.

Iiris Vaara, thirty years old, lives in the world of films and is waiting for a great love story. She falls in love with a young film director with a wolfish smile who knows how to answer Iiris' lines. But what happens when the stock of 36 intellectual thoughts has been used up and the illusion of immense intelligence from one's beloved is fading?

Lovers & Leavers is about Iiris, a 30-year-old bookstore assistant, who meets the man of her dreams.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 15 November, 2005.

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