Rentun Ruusu

Rentun Ruusu
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Directed by	Timo Koivusalo
Produced by	Timo Heinänen
Written by	Timo Koivusalo Vexi Salmi
Starring	Martti Suosalo, Ilkka Koivula
Distributed by	Artista Filmi Oy Buena Vista Pictures
Release date	12 January 2001
Running time	100 minutes
Language	Finnish

Rentun Ruusu (English: The Rose of the Rascal) is a 2001 Finnish biographical film drama directed and written by Timo Koivusalo. The film is based on the life of Antti Yrjö Hammarberg (Irwin Goodman) who is still today a very popular singer in Finland. The film stars Martti Suosalo and Ilkka Koivula with Vexi Salmi as narrator. The film premiered in Helsinki on 12 January 2001. The name Rentun ruusu is from Irwin Goodman's song, and the album Rentun ruusu was his biggest and sold 125,000 copies.

By 5 April 2001 it took $2,236,169 at the box office, and it was the most watched Finnish movie of 2001. The film won an award and nomination at the Jussi Awards.

Overview

Martti Suosalo transforms himself into the character of Irwin Goodman, a Finnish singer and takes us through the singer's life in the 1960s and 1970s. Written by his longtime friend and manager Vexi Salmi, the movie is apparently as close to the real life of Irwin as we can get. In addition to being the story of Irwin, the movie also looks at the transformation of Finnish society from the post-war years to the 70s and 80s.

Cast

External links

• Rentun Ruusu on IMDb
• http://www.yle.fi/tv2draama/rentunruusu/index.html
• http://www.artistafilmi.fi/RentunRuusu_sivut/vexinmuistelu.html