Ripa Hits the Skids
1993 film
- 5 February 1993 (1993-02-05)
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Ripa Hits the Skids (Finnish: Ripa ruostuu) is a 1993 Finnish comedy film directed by Christian Lindblad. It tells the story of Ripa, a young film director whose life seems to be going downhill all the time. Ripa, in debt and alcoholic, meets a beautiful young woman, Tiina, with whom he starts dating, but the relationship is full of problems, and the lenders and the police chasing him do not exactly make the difficult everyday life any easier.[1]
The film was entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival.[2] It was selected as the Finnish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[3][4]
Cast
- Sam Huber as Ripa
- Mari Vainio as Tiina
- Merja Larivaara as Pirjo
- Leena Uotila as Irma
- Leo Raivio as Antti
- Kari Väänänen as Lynkkynen
- Jussi Lampi as Lindgren
- Vesa-Matti Loiri as Father
- Christian Lindblad as Keränen
- Minna Pirilä as Beauty
- Jukka Pitkänen as Jaatinen
See also
- List of submissions to the 66th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Finnish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ "Ripa ruostuu". Elonet (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "18th Moscow International Film Festival (1993)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- ^ Frook, John Evan (30 November 1993). "Acad inks Cates, unveils foreign-language entries". Variety. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
External links
- Ripa Hits the Skids at IMDb
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Finnish submissions for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
- The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)
- Flame Top (1980)
- Sign of the Beast (1981)
- Pessi and Illusia (1984)
- The Unknown Soldier (1986)
- The Snow Queen (1987)
- The Winter War (1990)
- Ripa Hits the Skids (1994)
- The Last Wedding (1995)
- Drifting Clouds (1996)
- The Collector (1997)
- A Summer by the River (1998)
- The Tough Ones (1999)
- Seven Songs from the Tundra (2000)
- The River (2001)
- The Man Without a Past (2002)
- Elina: As If I Wasn't There (2003)
- Producing Adults (2004)
- Mother of Mine (2005)
- Lights in the Dusk (2006)
- A Man's Work (2007)
- The Home of Dark Butterflies (2008)
- Letters to Father Jacob (2009)
- Steam of Life (2010)
- Le Havre (2011)
- Purge (2012)
- Disciple (2013)
- Concrete Night (2014)
- The Fencer (2015)
- The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (2016)
- Tom of Finland (2017)
- Euthanizer (2018)
- Stupid Young Heart (2019)
- Tove (2020)
- Compartment No. 6 (2021)
- Girl Picture (2022)
- Fallen Leaves (2023)
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