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Matti: Hell Is for Heroes

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Original title

Matti

Year

2006

Running time

135 min.

Country

Finland

Director

Aleksi Mäkelä

Screenwriter

Marko Leino

Cast

Music

Tuomas Kantelinen

Cinematography

Pini Hellstedt

Producer

MGM, Solar Films

Genre

Comedy. Drama | Biography. Skiing. Alcoholism

Synopsis

Ski jumper descends from 4 Olympic Gold Medals, to serving two years for stabbing a relative. Careers as a stripper and singer, plus five marriages, replete with stories of Domestic Violence are fictionalized sympathetically in dramedy. Alleged exploitation/manipulation due to naivety and gullibility, along with deterioration of Matti's 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.

Awards: 2007: Jussi Awards (Finland): Nominated Best Actress (Elina Knihtilä) and Costume Design

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