Lovers & Leavers

Lovers & Leavers (Finnish: Kuutamolla) is a 2002 Finnish romantic drama film directed by Aku Louhimies.[1][2] The film is written by Katja Kallio and Louhimies, based on Kallio's novel Kuutamolla: Levoton tarina rakastamisesta.[3] Lovers & Leavers is about Iiris, a 30-year-old bookstore assistant, who meets the man of her dreams.[1][4]

Lovers & Leavers
Directed byAku Louhimies
Produced byJarkko Hentula
Ilkka Y. L. Matila
Marko Röhr
Written byKatja Kallio
Aku Louhimies
Based onKuutamolla: Levoton tarina rakastamisesta
by Katja Kallio
StarringMinna Haapkylä
Anna-Leena Härkönen
Laura Malmivaara
Peter Franzén
Matti Ristinen
Pirkko Saisio
Music byLeri Leskinen
CinematographyHeikki Färm
Edited bySamu Heikkilä
Production
company
Matila Röhr Productions
Release date
  • 1 February 2002 (2002-02-01) (Finland)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryFinland
LanguageFinnish

Cast

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Awards

Cinequest San Jose Film Festival
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2003Lovers & LeaversBest FeatureWon
Durango Film Festival
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2003Lovers & LeaversJury Award in category Best Narrative Feature - DramaWon
Jussi Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2003Lovers & LeaversBest Actress (Paras naispääosa)
Best Editing (Paras leikkaus)
Best Film (Vuoden elokuva)
Best Set Design (Paras lavastus)
Best Supporting Actress (Paras naissivuosa)
Nominated

[5]

References

  1. "Kuutamolla (2002) – Contents". elonet.fi (in Finnish). National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
  2. "Kuutamolla (2002)". elonet.fi (in Finnish). National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
  3. "Kuutamolla (2002) – Credits". elonet.fi. National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
  4. Wolf, Sandy. "Lovers and Leavers (Kuutamoula)". cinequest.org. Cinequest. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
  5. "Awards for Kuutamolla (2002)". imdb.com. The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
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