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Hellsinki "Rööperi" (original title) 2009, 129 minutes
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1227536/

Genre: Crime, Drama

Script: Aleksi Mäkelä

Directed: Marko Leino

Cast: Samuli Edelmann, Peter Frantzén, Pihla Viitala, Kari Hietalahti, Juha Veijonen & Jasper Pääkkönen

Subtitles: English, Finnish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian.

Multi awarded film that was the most popular Finnish film in the year 2009.

The film follows a group of friends who take over the illegal distribution of hard liquor in Helsinki in the mid 60s.
The story is loosely based on a non-fiction book about the life of a former criminal Tom Sjöberg. At the beginning in 1966, Tomppa (Samuli Edelmann) and his friends Krisu and Kari (Peter Franzén and Kari Hietalahti) are getting fed up with the small scale of their illegal liquor selling business in Punavuori, Helsinki ("Rööperi" of the title).
With hard fists and even harder attitudes they expand their territories and make more money, but are also aware that their criminal lifestyle can only have three different outcomes: going straight, prison or death.

Markus Selin productions have always had an "international" feel to them, meaning that they have spent good money to make the films look professional and that the production values are decent.

Rööperi is not an exception; the Helsinki of the 1960s and 70s looks very stylish, largely thanks to the experienced cinematographer Pini Hellstedt.

Rööperi 2009, 129 minuuttia
http://dome.fi/elokuvat/arvostelut/elokuva-arvostelu-rooperi

Punavuoren alamaailmaan sijoittuva Rööperi kertoo viinatrokareiden ja muiden Helsingissä vaikuttaneiden kepulipetterien villeistä vauhtivuosista 1966–1979.

Tämä on se elokuva, jossa riittää viiksekkäitä miehiä tekemässä pahaa niin toisille kuin itselleenkin. Samalla Rööperi pyrkii olemaan myös kertomus itse kaupunginosasta ja sen ihmisistä ja tunnelmasta – ajasta ja maailmasta, jota sellaisenaan ei enää ole olemassa.