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Pirkko Saisio is a Actor and Scriptwriter Finlandaise born on 16 april 1949 at Helsinki (Finlande)
Pirkko Helena Saisio (born 16 April 1949) is a Finnish author, actress and director. She has also written under the pen names Jukka Larsson and Eva Wein. Saisio has a broad literary output, dealing with many kinds of texts from film screenplays all the way to librettos for the ballet. Her novel Betoniyö (1981) was adapted into a feature film Concrete Night in 2013 by Pirjo Honkasalo.
Saisio received her degree in acting from Suomen teatterikoulu (now Theatre Academy) in 1975 and worked there as a professor of dramaturgy in 1997 and 2001. In 1975 she won the J. H. Erkko Award for her debut novel Elämänmeno.
Saisio's daughter, whose father is the late Harri Hyttinen, is actress Elsa Saisio. Pirkko Saisio lives in a same-sex partnership with film director Pirjo Honkasalo.
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Pirkko Saisio
Birth name Pirkko Helena Saisio
Nationality Finlande
Birth 16 april 1949 (75 years) at Helsinki (Finlande)
Nationality Finlande
Birth 16 april 1949 (75 years) at Helsinki (Finlande)
Saisio received her degree in acting from Suomen teatterikoulu (now Theatre Academy) in 1975 and worked there as a professor of dramaturgy in 1997 and 2001. In 1975 she won the J. H. Erkko Award for her debut novel Elämänmeno.
Saisio's daughter, whose father is the late Harri Hyttinen, is actress Elsa Saisio. Pirkko Saisio lives in a same-sex partnership with film director Pirjo Honkasalo.
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Filmography of Pirkko Saisio (4 films)
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The 3 Rooms of Melancholia (2004)
, 1h46Directed by Pirjo Honkasalo
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about children, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about child abuse, Political films
Actors Pirkko Saisio
Roles Narrator
Rating70%
Lovers & Leavers (2002)
, 1h57Directed by Aku Louhimies
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Anna-Leena Härkönen, Peter Franzén, Minna Haapkylä, Pirkko Saisio, Mikko Kouki, Nicke Lignell
Roles Leila Vaara
Rating55%
Scriptwriter
Concrete Night (2013)
, 1h33Directed by Pirjo Honkasalo
Genres Drama
Actors Teijo Eloranta, Rea Mauranen
Roles Créateur de nouvelle
Rating63%
Concrete Night tells about a 14-year-old boy named Simo (Johannes Brotherus) who still lacks his own sense of self and the ability to protect himself from his surroundings. Simo and his big brother Ilkka are the sons of a helpless and unpredictable single mother. Their chaotic home is located deep in the heart of a concrete jungle in Helsinki. Ilkka has one day of freedom left before starting his prison sentence. The mother persuades Simo to spend the last night with his brother. Events heighten throughout the one day and night in Helsinki and the brothers witness incidents they would rather not see. Simo, who has no ability to distort what he sees or delude himself, sees things accurately as they are. When unfiltered, the world seems unbearable. Finally a casual encounter with a photographer, whose intentions Simo misreads, launches him into blind fear, which explodes in panic stricken violence. In this violence Simo finds his lacking identity, his true face.
Fire-Eater (1998)
, 1h40Directed by Pirjo Honkasalo
Genres Drama
Themes Circus films
Actors Elena Leeve, Per Ragnar, Rea Mauranen
Roles Writer
Rating65%