The Joneses and the President (1993)
- Original title
- Virtaset ja Kekkonen
- Directed by
- Pekka Mandart
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Finland
- Runtime
- 1h
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This Finnish pseudodocumentary follows a family with four children from the 1930s to the 1980s. It contrasts their everyday life in Kotka with the life of President Urho Kekkonen.
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What happens
Virtaset ja Kekkonen on Pekka Mandartin ohjaama ja käsikirjoittama suomalainen draamaelokuva ja pseudodokumentti vuodelta 1993. Elokuvassa seurataan nelilapsisen Virtasen perheen elämää Kotkassa 1930-luvulta 1980-luvulle rinnastamalla se presidentti Urho Kekkosen elämänvaiheisiin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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