The Saimaa Gesture (1981)
A documentary film about a tour of three Finnish rock bands around Saimaa lake system in a steam boat in 1981. The bands (Juice Leskinen Slam, Eppu Normaali and Hassisen Kone) are shown playing songs in their gigs and, in between, the members give intimate interviews or just act plain silly and have a good time.
- Released
- 1981-09-11
- Genres
- Documentary, Music
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Mika Kaurismäki, Aki Kaurismäki
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 12 votes
Cast
- Juice Leskinen as Self - Juice Leskinen Slam
- Vesa Sytelä as Self - Juice Leskinen Slam
- Safka Pekkonen as Self - Juice Leskinen Slam
- Petteri Salminen as Self - Juice Leskinen Slam
- Ila Louenranta as Self - Juice Leskinen Slam
- Jari Yliaho as Self - Juice Leskinen Slam
- Ismo Alanko as Self - Hassisen Kone
- Jussi Kinnunen as Self - Hassisen Kone
- Reijo Heiskanen as Self - Hassisen Kone
- Harri Kinnunen as Self - Hassisen Kone
- Aku Syrjä as Self - Eppu Normaali
- Martti Syrjä as Self - Eppu Normaali
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