Trench Road Explained

Trench Road
Director:	Veikko Aaltonen
Producer:	Lasse Saarinen
Screenplay:	Veikko Aaltonen
Starring:	Eero Aho Tiina Lymi
Music:	Mauri Sumén
Cinematography:	Pekka Uotila
Editing:	Kimmo Kohtamäki
Studio:	Kinotar
Distributor:	FS Film
Runtime:	113 minutes
Country:	Finland
Language:	Finnish
Budget:	€1.1 million^[1]
Gross:	€774,340^[2]

Trench Road (Finnish: '''Juoksuhaudantie''') is a 2004 Finnish drama film directed by Veikko Aaltonen. Based on the Nordic Council's Literature Prize-winning novel Juoksuhaudantie by Kari Hotakainen,^[3] the film is about a man who tries to get his wife and daughter back by buying a house.^[1]

Kari Väänänen won the Jussi Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the real estate agent Jarmo Kesämaa.^[4] Eero Aho and Tiina Lymi were nominated for Jussi Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress.^[5]

Cast

• Eero Aho as Matti Virtanen
• Tiina Lymi as Helena Virtanen
• Ella Aho as Sini Virtanen
• Kari Väänänen as Jarmo Kesämaa
• Esko Pesonen as Taisto Oksanen
• Aake Kalliala as the foreman Siikavire
• Eeva Litmanen as Senior Constable Kalliolahti
• Matleena Kuusniemi as Sirkku
• Kaija Pakarinen as Merja Kesämaa
• Katariina Kaitue as Riitta Laakio
• Eila Roine as Martta Oksanen

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Trench Road (Juoksuhaudantie) . The Finnish Film Foundation . September 11, 2012.
2. Web site: Facts & Figures 2004 . The Finnish Film Foundation . September 11, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120328190216/http://www.ses.fi/dokumentit/Tilastot2004.pdf . March 28, 2012 .
3. Web site: Juoksuhaudantien ydin esiin huumorikuorrutuksen takaa . Lilja, Kimmo . August 24, 2004 . TS.fi . TS-Yhtymä . Finnish . September 11, 2012.
4. Web site: Juoksuhaudantie (2004) – Additional Information . Elonet . National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification . Finnish . September 11, 2012.
5. Web site: Koirankynnen leikkaaja vuoden elokuva . Lilja, Kimmo . February 7, 2005 . TS.fi . TS-Yhtymä . Finnish . September 11, 2012.
6. Web site: Juoksuhaudantie (2004) – Cast . Elonet . National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification . Finnish . September 11, 2012.