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Sisu is a 2022 Finnish historical action thriller film written and directed by Jalmari Helander and produced by Petri Jokiranta. The film stars Jorma Tommila , alongside Aksel Hennie , Jack Doolan , Mimosa Willamo and Onni Tommila .
The directors wanted Sisu to look "breathtakingly beautiful". Her hair was "meant to make her feel light and ethereal, through its almost magically weightless motion, which accentuates her being divine and mystical." Steve Arounsack, a visual anthropologist and consultant on the film, was collaborated with on Sisu's design.
The film was called a time-capsule of modern Finnish-American life. [27] In a 2008 episode of Top Gear, F1 racer Mika Häkkinen described sisu to James May: Sisu in English means courage, it is the Finnish courage. Let me give you an example. Climbing a tree and jumping down from there, that doesn't mean sisu. That is not courage.
Toronto Film Festival 2022: Packed houses will enjoy the genre thrills in this violent war picture from the director of "Rare Exports," but watching at home alone will spotlight its flaws
[37] [41] A film about Häyhä called The White Death has also been planned since 2017. [42] The film is directed by David McElroy and written by James Poirier. [42] [43] According to Jalmari Helander, who wrote and directed the script for the 2022 action film Sisu, the film is partly inspired by Häyhä's legendary reputation. [44]
In 1997, Tommila won the Jussi Award for Best Actor for his role in the film The Christmas Party, directed by his God Theatre's fellow founder Jari Halonen. [ 6 ] Tommila's character in the film Sisu , filmed in Lapland with a budget of €6 million, has been compared with Rambo (played by Sylvester Stallone ) in the 1982 film , [ 7 ] and with ...
Jalmari Helander (born 21 July 1976) [1] is a Finnish screenwriter and film director. He is known for the 2010 film Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale, the 2014 action-adventure Big Game starring Samuel L. Jackson, and the 2022 WWII action film Sisu. Before turning to feature films, Helander directed several short films and award-winning television ...
Sisu: Jalmari Helander: Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan: War, action [7] W: ... Finnish film at the Internet Movie Database This page was last edited on 4 ...