The Matriarch (2007)
1h 35m
Running Time
September 14, 2007Release Date
The Matriarch (2007)
1h 35m
Running Time
September 14, 2007Release Date
Plot.
Martta and Otto are a pair of traveling tailors who claim to be bastard descendants of the Romanovs and wander from town to town in Finland seeking work, accompanied by their two half-witted adult sons, Hippo, Repe and equally silly son-in-law Ventti. The family occasionally turns to crime when they can't quite make ends meet, and the boys begin turning to violence with greater frequency when Otto weakens and Martta becomes the head of the family business. Their fortunes take an unexpected turn when the brothers assault and abduct a man they call Kaspar, who becomes the family's sidekick in their travels. Despite Kaspar's inability to speak, he attracts Martha's youngest daughter, an attractive young woman named Lara, but the family is in disarray when a long-lost half-brother, Laszlo, suddenly re-emerges and tries to wrest control of the clan away from his mother.
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Cast & Crew.
Peter Franzén
Laszlo
Sanna-Kaisa Palo
Martta
Samuli Vauramo
Kasper
Jenni Banerjee
Lara
Heikki Kinnunen
Niccolo / Otto
Markku Pölönen
Director
Jenni Lähteenmäki
Producer
Tiina Kaukanen
Costume Design
Olli Pärnänen
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Petri Rossi
Producer
Petri Neuvonen
Production Design
Satu Sadinkangas
Producer
Vesa Mäkinen
Composer
Matti Näränen
Lighting Technician
Riikka Virtanen
Makeup Designer
Jan Nyman
Cinematographer
Details.
Release DateSeptember 14, 2007
Original NameLieksa!
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 35m
Budget$1,400,000
Box Office$435,000
Genres
Wiki.
The Matriarch (Finnish: Lieksa!) is a 2007 Finnish comedy-drama film written, directed and edited by Markku Pölönen and produced by the Pölönen-owned film production company Suomen Filmiteollisuus.