Riisuttu mies (2006)

Director:

Aku Louhimies

Writer:

Veli-Pekka Hänninen (story)

Release Date:

15 syyskuu 2006 (Finland)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

A story of a priest, who considers himself as a rebel is suddenly asked to run for bishop of Turku. |

Plot Keywords:

Priest | Alcoholism | Drunkenness | Religion | Infidelity

Awards:

1 win

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Samuli Edelmann	...	Antti Pitkänen
Matleena Kuusniemi	...	Tuula Pitkänen
Laura Malmivaara	...	Vilma
Mikko Kouki	...	Markku
Pentti Siimes	...	Emerituspiispa, Tuulan isä
Jussi Parviainen	...	Piispa
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nina Björkfelt	...	Stailisti
Toni Edelmann	...	Seppo
Anneli Gustafsson	...	Lydia
Jarkko Hentula	...	Halme
Erkki Herola	...	Mononen
Kari Hietalahti	...	Tumppi
Martti Hirvonen	...	Kannatusyhdistyksen johtaja
Jaana Järvinen	...	Tuulan Sisko
Varpu Jokimaa	...	Gynekologi
Heikki Kaisti	...	Pertti
Aake Kalliala	...	Taidemaalari Lilja
Miska Kaukonen	...	Laajola
Abdul Khan	...	Taksikuski
Noel Kipre	...	Samu
Reijo Kontio	...	Pappi
Pentti Kotkaniemi	...	Suntio
Marja-Leena Kouki	...	Kanslisti
Tapio Kouki	...	Seurakuntajuristi
Kari Lahdenranta	...	Räätäli
Saija Lentonen	...	Shottineito
Alma Louhimies	...	Vilman vauva
Eemeli Louhimies	...	Samun kaveri ruokapöydässä
Juha Mäkelä	...	Laulaja
Juho Milonoff	...	Laitapuolenkulkija baarissa
Eden Myöhänen	...	Samun Kaveri Ruokapöydässä
Sulevi Peltola	...	Rakennusneuvos
Severi Pyysalo	...	Kosketinsoittaja
Matti Ristinen	...	Korpinen
Kirka Sainio	...	Basisti
Risto Salmi	...	Erkki
Zoja Sazonov	...	Morsian
Bo Stranden	...	Valokuvaaja
Pelmo Suntila	...	Tuulan vauva

Also Known As:

Den nakne mannen (Finland: Swedish title)
Herran pelko (Finland) (working title)
Man Exposed (International: English title)

Runtime:

Finland:119 min

Country:

Finland

Language:

Finnish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Finland:(Banned) (2007) (court decision) (theatrical rating) | Finland:K-15 (2006)

Filming Locations:

Tallinn, Estonia

Company:

Lasihelmi Filmi

Trivia:

Screenwriter Veli-Pekka Hänninen made a complaint against the studio behind the film. He claimed that the studio had changed the script (despite a written contract which forbids to alter the script without the consent of the screenwriter) so much that it was no longer the film that he had written. In spring 2006 the district court ruled in favour of the defendant as it considered it premature to make ruling based on unfinished film. In late January 2007 Helsinki Court of Appeal decided the case and overturned the previous verdict, thus further distribution of this film will be halted and Lasihelmifilmi has to pay Hänninen EUR 10 000 + interest as copyright compensation. Also the company is obliged to pay over EUR 22 000 of legal and other fees.

Quotes:

Taidemaalari Lilja: By the way, I've never fuvked a priest.

Movie Connections:

References Nattvardsgästerna (1962)

Another disgrace to the Finnish film industry

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

It's hard to say if this isn't the most intolerable Finnish movie ever, the competition is very close. Admirable effort to be sure. The plot: fat man (Samuli Edelmann) with ponytail drinks and screws, on occasion he jumps around naked with no purpose; in a nutshell he acts all the time in a totally unpredictable manner and what he says doesn't most of the time make any sense. The catch is that this man is a priest! But wait a minute... so is virtually every character in this movie! One of them gets fired because he drinks TOO much but I guess Edelmann is compared to him an angel because he is despite all considered to the position of bishop! Edelmann's pretty wife is also a priest but still he can't abstain himself from cheating her with another female priest. Who has nothing to say about it afterwards. She becomes pregnant of course. She has nothing much to say about that either, just admit the situation. The background of the story is a city of Turku, but nothing is done to emphasize local color nor no-one speaks with that very distinctive accent they have there. Futile to ask, but just how believable is all this?

So in the end everyone is happy as a one big family around bishop Edelmann, they are celebrating something and Edelmann's old & half-crazy father-in-law starts for some reason to howl annoyingly as hell. Which actually ends this mess quite suitably, after all.