Mika Ripatti (Writer)
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Works
Siperian Nero!
Release Date2000-10-31
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count24
The Look of a Killer
In this gripping thriller based on the novels by Finnish author Matti Rönkä, Viktor Kärppä is a former KGB agent who settles in Finland, the country of his ancestors. He tries to make a living as a private investigator and business facilitator for Russian migrants, but finds himself entangled with organized crime. He may look like a killer, but he isn't one.
Release Date2011-02-06
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count8
Seitsemän
Release Date2001-01-08
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count12
Vote Count2
The Year of the Wolf
Sari is a young, beautiful and intelligent girl who is busy studying at university,but she suffers from epilepsy and has to face death on a daily basis. Mikko is hersomewhat older university teacher, who is tired of life, and who one day decides toabandon his wife, children and idea of a perfect life. Both characters have been tooscared to live their lives to the brim for too long. But they meet, and in spite oftheir prejudices and reserved natures, they manage to create a dramatic and movingmodern romance which confronts numerous taboos. While the imagery explores theboundary between life and death in a most poetic way, the odd couple's romance istold with both bite and humour. Society - be it in the shape of angry ex-wives,overprotective parents, conservative aunts or embittered colleagues - is doing whatit can to put a spanner in the works."
Release Date2007-02-02
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count15
The Look of a Killer
Viktor Kärppä was forced involuntarily in the middle of Russia's internal power struggle. Soon bunch of assassins as well as Security Police are trying to catch Kärppä. Kärppä's family is also in great danger. In order to save themselves and their families they need to resort to Kärppäs friend, the police Korhonen , as well as his brother Aleksei.
Release Date2016-02-05
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count14
Upswing
Katri and Janne want to make a trip, which none of their friends have made. They end up in Jakomäki.
Release Date2003-02-28
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count34
Land of Love
A comedy of a Finnish man who falls in love, gets tangled deeper into a circle of lies and finds out that he has suddenly changed his name, nationality and skin colour for the sake of love.
Release Date2003-12-19
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count11
One Foot Under
Visa Vuorio, a 35-year old team leader at the Helsinki city gardening department, is suffering from a terminal neurological disease and only has a few months to live. Because of this, he is a member of a therapeutical support group for people suffering from terminal diseases. Visa's life changes when a young female reporter, Hanna Manninen arrives at the support group offering to write a series of articles about Visa's life story.
Release Date2009-03-20
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count8
The Emperor's Secret
The film stars the familiar characters from the Finnish TV show The Autocrats (a political satire of Finnish politics) in a fairy tale where the inhabitants of a small Finnish village have to defend themselves against a despotic emperor.
Release Date2006-09-08
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Vote Count3