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Pirtua, pirtua
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Wikipedia article
'Pirtua, pirtua' is a 1991 Finnish drama movie directed by Visa Mkinen. The plot consists of a young man fighting against bootleggers in his home village during Finnish prohibition.
The movie, which was Visa Mkinen's first attempt at a serious movie, ended up a box office flop, with only 1,650 tickets sold and caused losses of a million Finnish markka. Mkinen gave up on making movies as a result. When 'Pirtua, Pirtua' aired on the Finnish television channel MTV3 in May 1995, it was seen by 287,000 viewers. In June 2001, another 180,000 television viewers saw the movie.Erola, Jan: [http://ylioppilaslehti.fi/1996/04/visa-makinen-iskee-jalleen/ Visa Mkinen iskee jlleen], 'Ylioppilaslehti' (26 April 1996). Retrieved 31 January 2018.
Critical reception
In the movie guide 'Video-opas' in 1994, critic Olavi Simil praises the depiction of the subject matter, but finds the content mediocre, giving the movie a grade of two starts out of five.
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