Finland's most daring musician, the accordionist, composer, performer Kimmo Pohjonen, revolutionizes the accordion and shatters traditional musical standards. Extraordinary sounds explode from his custom built accordion and its bellows including electronic effects, accordion samples, voice, farm machines, animals and string quartet. Pohjonen bridges the gap between experimental, rock, folk and classic genres in fact creating an entirely new accordion music world. His performances are reminiscent of the violence of Roman gladiators and the castigation of medieval monks. The film is a journey of an exceptional artist grounded in basic human truths. The Cinematography and drama reveal a distinctive Scandinavian viewpoint. From the startling opening - the hero walks across an expanse of ice and drops through a hole into frigid water - right to the very end; a dramatic pace draws the viewer in, revealing the inner struggle of this iconoclast.
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Kimmo Koskela
Ann Guedes
Kimmo Pohjonen
Kimmo Pohjonen
Klaus Heydemann
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The Match Factory Girl
Samuli Kosminen
Samuli Kosminen
Timo Kämäräinen
Timo Kämäräinen
Tahvo Hirvonen
Sami Kuoppamäki
Sami Kuoppamäki
Trey Gunn
Trey Gunn
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Kimmo Koskela Director
United States release June 17, 2012 · Produced in Portugal, Finland, Tanzania, United Kingdom, Belgium · Languages English, Finnish
Production
Portugal · Finland · Tanzania · United Kingdom · Belgium
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Languages
Original language
Finnish
Spoken on screen
English · Finnish
Release dates
Canada · March 20, 2012
Theatrical
United States · June 17, 2012
Oak Cliff Film Festival
Finland · March 22, 2013
Theatrical
France
July 4, 2012 · La Rochelle Film Festival
Germany
April 17, 2014 · Theatrical
Iceland
September 29, 2013 · Reykjavik International Film Festival
Ireland
May 17, 2013 · Guth Gafa Documentary Film Festival
Poland
October 14, 2012 · Warsaw Film Festival
Portugal
December 11, 2012 · Festival Temps d'Images
Serbia
February 2, 2013 · European Feature Documentary Film Festival - Belgrade
Sweden
September 23, 2012 · Finnish Film Festival
United Arab Emirates
December 16, 2012 · Dubai International Film Festival
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