Movies by Tapio Piirainen

Peter von Bagh

Peter von Bagh

Piirainen's documentary on the last years of Peter von Bagh.

Linnan juhlat

Linnan juhlat

In 2017 Finland celebrates 100 years of independence. The famous philosopher Bruno is curing his writers' block in Lapland, when he gets an invitation to the President's Grand Ball in Helsinki. The railway systems are frozen and he misses the only plane, but the Laplander Jallu agrees to drive him 1200 km (745 miles) south.

Kissa ja Varjo

Kissa ja Varjo

Legend of the Lake Bodom

Legend of the Lake Bodom

The Legend of Bodom is a figment of the imagination, but it takes place in a land that once existed - between East and West, on the front lines of the Cold War. It is Pentecost morning in 1960. Three young people are found murdered on the shores of Lake Bodom.