The Saimaa Gesture
1981, Finnish. Directed by Aki Kaurismäki & Mika Kaurismäki.
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.
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Finnish
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Cast & crew
- Aki KaurismäkiDirector
- Mika KaurismäkiDirector
- Juice LeskinenSelf - Juice Leskinen Slam
- Vesa SyteläSelf - Juice Leskinen Slam
- Safka PekkonenSelf - Juice Leskinen Slam
- Petteri SalminenSelf - Juice Leskinen Slam
- Ila LouenrantaSelf - Juice Leskinen Slam
- Jari YliahoSelf - Juice Leskinen Slam
- Ismo AlankoSelf - Hassisen Kone
- Jussi KinnunenSelf - Hassisen Kone
- Reijo HeiskanenSelf - Hassisen Kone
- Harri KinnunenSelf - Hassisen Kone
- Aku SyrjäSelf - Eppu Normaali
- Martti SyrjäSelf - Eppu Normaali
Details
- Released
- 11 September 1981
- Original title
- Saimaa-Ilmiö
- Country
- Finland
- Written by
- Aki Kaurismäki, Mika Kaurismäki
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The Saimaa Gesture runs 128 minutes (2h 8m).
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The Saimaa Gesture isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 11 September 1981. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Saimaa Gesture?
The Saimaa Gesture (1981) was directed by Aki Kaurismäki and Mika Kaurismäki and stars Juice Leskinen, Vesa Sytelä, Safka Pekkonen.