Eija Nousiainen

Acting

Eija Nousiainen

Born 1944-10-25 · Helsinki, Finland

Acting credits

No Thank You poster
4.5

Heli Valkonen is desperately in love with her husband. But Matti is just not in the mood. He is only interested in playing computer games, dressed in worn out fleece pants. For him, a shoulder massage is the highest form of intimacy. When subtle hints, nice words and fetching clothes won't help, Heli resorts in direct, and increasingly direct action - in vain.

No Thank You

2014

The Year of the Hare poster
7.3

Young advertising executive Vatanen suddenly quits his job and his whole life in Helsinki, and decides to spend a while in the Finnish wilderness. A wounded hare hit by a car becomes his travel companion. Together they find reclusion in the Finnish Lapland, soon to be disturbed by a noisy group of foreign tourists and their pretentious Finnish hosts. When the hare gets ill and needs to see a vet, Vatanen must return to the city and finally face the choice between his new and former life

The Year of the Hare

1977

Daemonia Neurofunk poster
NR

Surreal short film about Satan's children trying to cope in dystopian Finland.

Daemonia Neurofunk

2018

Lumikit poster
7.0

A hospital room drama in which women talk about love, children, relationships with men, and life in general. Stories of survival are seasoned with both tears and laughter.

Lumikit

1986

Restless poster
5.1

Ari, a paramedic, is a chronic womanizer; he makes it a point of pride to never sleep with the same woman twice, and his nights are a long series of brazen one-night stands. But when Ari meets Tiina, something unexpected happens – he falls in love.

Restless

2000

Saatanan radikaalit poster
3.4

Pave, Hese, Timppa, and Viiksi have ended up in Hell, where the heat makes them feel as comfortable as in a sauna. The bosses there don't like this, so they send the boys on vacation to their home country, Finland. They are given a briefcase full of money to live a life of luxury. The only condition is that they are not allowed to do honest work, and to make matters worse, they are told that alcohol will not go to their heads.

Saatanan radikaalit

1971

Sibelius poster
4.8

Director Timo Koivusalo point of view about life of classical music composer Jean Sibelius, who is a national composer of Finland.

Sibelius

2003

Lacrimosa poster
5.0

A story about love. A famous singer cannot let go of the memory of her late husband. She befriends a man her own age, and there should be nothing standing in the way of their happiness.

Lacrimosa

2008

Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha poster
4.6

Two men, who both have tried to commit a suicide, decide to found a "Let's do it together"-suicide association to help the self-destructive people to succeed in their goal. Soon they have a bus load of candidates and together they start a bus tour in order to find a suitable place for the mass suicide.

Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha

2000

Pekko ja unissakävelijä poster
4.1

Pipsa has fallen prey to a shady scientist Kalevi. Pekko tries to save her.

Pekko ja unissakävelijä

1997

Little Sister poster
6.0

Katri's husband has died in the Finnish Winter War. When the Continuation War begins, Katri volunteers to work in a Helsinki military hospital. She is courted by a patient, a poetry-reciting countryman bound to be released from service. In the same time, she dates old school friend Eero who even goes AWOL to be near her. As the war continues, Katri has to make difficult decisions about her life.

Little Sister

1999

Under the North Star poster
6.4

Based on the novel by Väinö Linna, the story takes place during the time of the Finnish Civil War.

Under the North Star

2009

Going to Kansas City poster
5.8

An exchange student from Finland arrives in Kansas City. He is expecting to spend a year in the city, but ends up living on a farm in a small town. He falls in love with the sheriff’s daughter and soon finds himself in trouble.

Going to Kansas City

1998

Ricky Rapper and Slick Leonard poster
7.5

Aunt Fanny and aunt Serena try to find a suitable father figure for Ricky.

Ricky Rapper and Slick Leonard

2014

What are you going to do in the summer? poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

What are you going to do in the summer?

2018

Ricky Rapper and the Double poster
5.5

Nelly spots Ricky on the street and tries to shout at him, but he can't hear her and disappears around the corner. Aunt Serena is surprised to see Ricky in the shop, exploring the candy shelves, when she should be at home vacuuming. Downstairs neighbour Lennart Lindberg asks Ricky to go fishing, but he never shows up. Is there a Ricky look-alike in town? And if so, where and why has he come to the neighborhood?

Ricky Rapper and the Double

2025

Johan nyt on markkinat! poster
6.3

The life of First Lieutenant Heikki Lilja, who is dating Colonel Taipale's daughter Tiina, is turned upside down when his company is ordered to search for the dangerous escaped convict Kahle-Kustaa. Things are complicated by Lilja's friend, the artist Paaso, and Paaso's admirer Merja Metsä, Lilja's strict superior Colonel Taipale, and Police Chief Mäkinen.

Johan nyt on markkinat!

1966