Storyline

In the 1980’s, Toivo is an unemployed typesetter. His wife Pirkko encourages him to do something useful, so he goes to donate blood. The blood astonishes the hospital nurse and quickly, the Finnish national ski team hires Toivo to join their technical division as a human blood-tank, leading Finland’s brightest star Aino skis to the top of the world rankings. When a disaster occurs, jeopardizing the Olympic Games goal, the Finnish team’s success is in Toivo’s hands…

Original title: Isänmaallinen mies
Produced by: Art Films Production, Mainframe Production Nova
About director
  • Arto Halonen

    Finnish filmmaker Arto Halonen is the director of the award-winning dramatic feature Princess, one of the highest-grossing Finnish films of the last 10 years. In 2005 he received the Finland Prize, the nation’s highest cultural award. He has also won the Humanitarian Award of the European Union, and is only the third filmmaker ever to receive the City of Helsinki Culture Prize. In 2008, the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival gave Halonen its lifetime achievement award. The festival’s official statement described Halonen as one of the most important documentary filmmakers of his time, saying his work contributes to the development of documentaries on an international scale.

Festival(s) & Award(s)
  • Jagran Film Festival (2014)
  • Odessa International Film Festival (2014)
  • Chennai Film Festival (2014)
  • Pune International Film Festival (2015)
  • Nordic Film Winter in Czech Republic (2015)
Pictures