Portraits of Women
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Portraits of Women

5.0 / 10 1970 1h 30mNR Finnish
ComedyDrama

Storyline

Finnish porn movie producer Pertsa returns from America to his home country to continue his profession with hopelessly small budgets and incompetent casts and crews. A self-ironic satire about director Donner's scandalous fame in late 1960s Finland, notorious for a graphic long shot of his penis pointing northeast.

Cast & Crew

Jörn Donner

Jörn Donner

Pertti 'Pertsa'

Lead
Ritva Vepsä

Ritva Vepsä

Saara Suominen

Kirsti Wallasvaara

Kirsti Wallasvaara

Liisa

AE

Aarre Elo

Jussi

MH

Marianne Holmström

Ulla Carlsson

HG

Henrik Granö

Sven Pettersson

Jaakko Talaskivi

Jaakko Talaskivi

Peter von Spaak (uncredited)

LL

Lennart Lauramaa

Producer (uncredited)

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jörn Donner's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Portraits of Women is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker