The Matriarch
5.5
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
22 people
Peter Franzén
Laszlo
Known for
Vikings
Meander
Samuel Vauramo
Kasper
Sanna-Kaisa Palo
Martta
Known for
Land of Hope
Samuli Vauramo
Kasper
Known for
The American
Unknown Soldier
Jenni Banerjee
Lara
Known for
Little Siberia
Heikki Kinnunen
Niccolo / Otto
Also in
Happier Times, Grump
Hurmaava joukkoitsemurha
Heikki Hela
Mojo
Also in
Kummeli
Kummeli Kultakuume
Mika Nuojua
Ruippa
Known for
Land of Hope
Janne Reinikainen
Lutku
Known for
The Grump
Ismo Apell
Jali Nappi
Also in
Karjalan kunnailla
Lehmän vuosi
Puntti Valtonen
Jori
Known for
Niko and the Way to the Stars
Hamlet Goes Business
Emma Piitulainen
Anna
No other roles listed
Markku Pölönen Director · Vesa Mäkinen Composer Jan Nyman Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $435K · Budget $1.4M · First release September 14, 2007
Box office
Budget
$1,400,000
Worldwide gross
$435,000
Gross vs. budget
0.3×
Production
Suomen Filmiteollisuus SF
Production
Finland
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Lieksa!
Original language
Finnish
Spoken on screen
English · Finnish
Release dates
Finland · September 14, 2007
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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