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FC Venus
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Wikipedia article
'FC Venus' is a 2005 Finnish romantic comedy film directed by Joona Tena.
A German remake of the film was released in 2006.
Plot
Pete is a football enthusiast, who plays for FC HeMan, a team playing in the lowest possible league. His girlfriend, Anna, hates the whole sport. Pete and his teammates are planning to travel to watch the Football World Cup held in Germany. Anna is not excited about Pete's plan to leave her alone for the summer. Therefore, Anna decides to present a challenge to Pete: She will form a team from the wives and girlfriends of the FC HeMan players, and then the women's team (FC Venus) would play against FC HeMan. If the women's team wins, the men will have to give up football, and if the men's team wins, the women will pay their tickets to the World cup.
Cast
* Minna Haapkyl as Anna
* Petteri Summanen as Pete
* Laura Malmivaara as Carita
* Miia Nuutila as Katariina
* Taneli Mkel as Lauri
* Lotta Lehtikari as Mara
* Janne Virtanen as Sebastian
* Eero Tommila as Niko
References
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