Pirkko Saisio

Pirkko Saisio

Birthday: 1949-04-16

Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland

Biography: Pirkko Saisio is a Finnish author, director and actress. She has also written under the pen names Jukka Larsson and Eva Wein. Saisio is best known for his work in literature, and has broad literary output. In addition to novels, she has written plays, film and television screenplays, musicals, librettos, song lyrics and translations. Saisio is the mother of actress Elsa Saisio, and is in a Civil Union with director Pirjo Honkasalo.

Movies

Juhannushäät
Juhannushäät

The young non-commissioned officer Voitto travels with his bride Marjata to spend a wedding in his c...

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Lovers & Leavers
Lovers & Leavers

This movie is about Iiris Vaara. She turns 30 and meets young director Marko. All dreams come true b...

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Nightborn
Nightborn

A couple’s dream of a perfect child spirals into a nightmare as soon as the baby is born. The mother...

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Orenda
Orenda

Orenda means an invisible force, a life spirit that inhabits everything living and lifeless: people,...

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Helene
Helene

Year 1915. Helene Schjerfbeck lives as a forgotten artist with her elderly mother in the countryside...

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The 3 Rooms of Melancholia
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia

A searing examination of the unrelenting Chechen conflict, observed through the prisms of a Russian ...

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Prime Minister
Prime Minister

A Finnish drama about the short term of Finland's first female prime minister, Anneli Jäätteenmäki....

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