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FC Venus

FC Venus

20055.31h 53m

Overview

Pete is a football enthusiast, who plays as a goalkeeper 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 never complain about their hobby.

Directed by Joona Tena
Written by Joona Tena, Perttu Leppä, Outi Keskevaari
Produced by Jarkko Hentula, Mikko Tenhunen
Box OfficeBudget: $2.2MRevenue: $2.4M

Top Cast

Minna Haapkylä

Minna Haapkylä

Anna

Petteri Summanen

Petteri Summanen

Pete

Laura Malmivaara

Laura Malmivaara

Carita

Taneli Mäkelä

Taneli Mäkelä

Lauri

L

Lotta Lehtikari

Mara

Miia Nuutila

Miia Nuutila

Katariina

N

Noora Peltokukka

Sari

Hannu-Pekka Björkman

Hannu-Pekka Björkman

Simo

Jukka Rasila

Jukka Rasila

Ville

P

Puntti Valtonen

Risto

Themes & Keywords

sportsfootball (soccer)

About FC Venus

FC Venus is a comedy, romance film released in 2005 exploring themes of sports, football (soccer). Directed by Joona Tena, it stars Minna Haapkylä, Petteri Summanen, Laura Malmivaara. Pete is a football enthusiast, who plays as a goalkeeper 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 never complain about their hobby.

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