Ripa Hits the Skids
Original Finnish film poster
Directed byChristian Lindblad
Written byChristian Lindblad
StarringSam Huber
CinematographyIlkka Ruuhijärvi
Release date
  • 5 February 1993 (1993-02-05)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryFinland
LanguageFinnish

Ripa Hits the Skids (Finnish: Ripa ruostuu) is a 1993 Finnish comedy film directed by Christian Lindblad. It tells the story of Ripa, a young film director whose life seems to be going downhill all the time. Ripa, in debt and alcoholic, meets a beautiful young woman, Tiina, with whom he starts dating, but the relationship is full of problems, and the lenders and the police chasing him do not exactly make the difficult everyday life any easier.[1]

The film was entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival.[2] It was selected as the Finnish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[3][4]

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ripa ruostuu". Elonet (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  2. ^ "18th Moscow International Film Festival (1993)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
  3. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  4. ^ Frook, John Evan (30 November 1993). "Acad inks Cates, unveils foreign-language entries". Variety. Retrieved 25 August 2008.

External links

Finnish submissions for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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