Summary 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 sympathetically in this dramedy. Alleged exploitation/manipulation of Matti, due to his naivety and gullibility, along with deterioration of his skiing ability due to heavy drinking and bad decisions is emphasized. Many Matti malapropisms a la Yogi Berra, attributed to the Finnish skiing legend, are employed as biopic comic dialogue. View more details
Directed : Aleksi Mäkelä
Written : Marko Leino
Stars : Peter Franzén Jasper Pääkkönen Juha Veijonen Elina Hietala
Genres : Comedy Drama Biography Sport
Release date : Jan 12, 2006
Countries of origin : Finland
Official sites : Official site Solar Films
Language : Finnish
Filming locations : Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Yugoslavia
Production companies : Solar Films Mainostelevisio (MTV3)
Summary 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 sympathetically in this dramedy. Alleged exploitation/manipulation of Matti, due to his naivety and gullibility, along with deterioration of his skiing ability due to heavy drinking and bad decisions is emphasized. Many Matti malapropisms a la Yogi Berra, attributed to the Finnish skiing legend, are employed as biopic comic dialogue. View more details
Genres : Comedy Drama Biography Sport
Release date : Jan 12, 2006
Countries of origin : Finland
Official sites : Official site Solar Films
Language : Finnish
Filming locations : Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Yugoslavia
Production companies : Solar Films Mainostelevisio (MTV3)
