The Saimaa Gesture
Aki Kaurismäki1981-09-11
6.889
128 min
A documentary film about a tour of three Finnish rock bands around Saimaa lake system in a steam boat in 1981. The bands (Juice Leskinen Slam, Eppu Normaali and Hassisen Kone) are shown playing songs in their gigs and, in between, the members give intimate interviews or just act plain silly and have a good time.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Juice Leskinen | Self - Juice Leskinen Slam | Unowned |
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Vesa Sytelä | Self - Juice Leskinen Slam | Unowned |
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Safka Pekkonen | Self - Juice Leskinen Slam | Unowned |
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Petteri Salminen | Self - Juice Leskinen Slam | Unowned |
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Ila Louenranta | Self - Juice Leskinen Slam | Unowned |
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Jari Yliaho | Self - Juice Leskinen Slam | Unowned |
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Ismo Alanko | Self - Hassisen Kone | Unowned |
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Jussi Kinnunen | Self - Hassisen Kone | Unowned |
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Reijo Heiskanen | Self - Hassisen Kone | Unowned |
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Harri Kinnunen | Self - Hassisen Kone | Unowned |
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Aku Syrjä | Self - Eppu Normaali | Unowned |
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Martti Syrjä | Self - Eppu Normaali | Unowned |
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Pantse Syrjä | Self - Eppu Normaali | Unowned |
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Mikko Nevalainen | Self - Eppu Normaali | Unowned |
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Juha Torvinen | Self - Eppu Normaali | Unowned |
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Jukka Kulmala | Self - Man on Ship | Unowned |
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Tarja Leskinen | Self | Unowned |
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Antti Pakarinen | Self - Captain of SS Heinävesi | Unowned |
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Tapio Vanhatalo | Self | Unowned |
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Jukka Tapio Wallenius | Self | Unowned |
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Pauli Heikkilä | Self - 'Norpparyhmä' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Epe Helenius | Self (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Asmo Hurula | Self - 'Oravaryhmä' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Juho Juntunen | Self - 'Norpparyhmä' (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Aki Kaurismäki | Self - Interviewer (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Mika Kaurismäki | Self - Man in Crowd (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Juha Leinonen | Self - Man on Ship (uncredited) | Unowned |
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Anssi Tikanmäki | Self - 'Oravaryhmä' (uncredited) | Unowned |