Reidar Palmgren

Reidar Palmgren

59 (1966-06-24)
Helsinki, Finland

Reidar Palmgren, born in 1966 in Helsinki, is a Finnish writer and actor. He lives in Tampere, Finland. Palmgren's debut novel The Feet was first awarded the Helsingin Sanomat Literature Award and the Academic Bookstore Award for best-selling debut novels.

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Young Love 2001 (5.7)

Jukka, 13, is coached in photography by his openly gay art teacher. With his dead father's old camera, Jukka sees Johanna, a beautiful girl in her early twenties being physically abused by her stepfather. With the help of the local fire department, Jukka comes to her rescue. He quickly befriends the girl who works in a nearby supermarket, claims to become her manager and enters her in a beauty contest.
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Joensuun Elli 2004 (7)

The film shows how Midsummer was celebrated in North Karelia in 1973.
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Shades of Happiness 2005 (5.056)

Story about human relationships, love and forgiveness.