Moomins on the Riviera
2014
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Hanna Hemilä is a Finnish film producer, director and writer. Some of her most notable producing credits include Moomins on the Riviera (2014), Le Havre (film) (2011), Bad Family (film) (2010), Pelikaanimies (2004), and the period film Lapin kullan kimallus (1999).
Hanna Hemilä. Producer. Director. Writer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Hanna Hemilä is known for Paavo, a Life in Five Courses (2010), Moomins on the Riviera (2014) and Le Havre (2011). Add photos, demo reels. Add to list. More at IMDbPro. Contact info. Agent info. Known for: Paavo, a Life in Five Courses. 7.0. Producer. 2010. Moomins on the Riviera
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Paavo, A Life in Five Courses (2010) is a Finnish-American documentary film directed, produced and written by Hanna Hemilä. Shot in New York City, Finland and Sweden, the documentary follows the life of internationally acclaimed chef and event planner Paavo Turtiainen .
Directed by Xavier Picard and produced by Hanna Hemilä, Moomins on the Riviera is based on Tove and Lars Jansson’s beloved “Moomin” comic strip and books. The film is a co-production between Finland’s Handle Productions and France’s Pictak Cie.
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At night, while the Moomin family and residents of Moominvalley enjoy a party around a bonfire atop a cliffside, a pirate ship mistaking the blaze for a lighthouse crash into rocks at sea, forcing the crew to abandon ship and their hostages, Mymble and Little My. The next morning, Moomin is stuck between deciding to help Moominmamma with washing, g...
The Finnish and Swedish dubs of the film were both cast with the same actors. Additional roles from the English version of the film are played by Dominic Frisby, who also co-directed the English dialogue, Ian Conningham, Alison O’Donnell, Bernard Alane, Bruno Magnes, Andy Turvey, Kris Gummerus, Glyn Welden Banks, Lee Willis, Sanna-June Hyde, Christ...
According to Sophia Jansson of the Moomin Characters, the company had been careful with giving the rights to new film adaptions about the Moomins for years. When the participation rights with the Telescreen expired, Sophia Jansson became interested in the idea of animated film based on the Moomin comic strip story. Producer Hanna Hemilä, who is Sop...
Moomins on the Riviera was released on 10 October 2014 in Finland to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Tove Jansson’s birth, and on 31 October 2014 in Sweden. In France, the film was released on 4 February 2015. Indie Sales acquired the release rights for the Toronto International Film Festival and in addition, the film was sold to other countries...
Critical response
From BFI London Film Festival screening, Matt Micucci of CineCola praised the film's screenplay and soundtrack, while calling "a smart and surprisingly quick witted film as well as the perfect tribute to a celebrated and much loved comic strip that has the potential of winning it an even greater and more international audience". Sara Steensigof gbtimes was enthusiastic towards the film despite pointing out of Moominpappa's painful hangover and Moomintroll's bitter jealousy, but she notes afte...
Box office
As of October 26, 2014, Moomins on the Riviera grossed $1,381,862 in Finland. The film first earned $337,391 (28,500 viewers) on its first weekend, surpassing The Grump, and became the highest-grossing film during its first two weekends in Finland.
In an October 2014 blog article at Screendaily, Sophia Jansson stated that the film's "artistic team has made an effort to be true to the original drawings and the original text", and it is hinted that Jansson is now in discussions with various parties for a new, similarly animated television series. This has led to the 2019 television series Moomi...
- $2.2 million
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- €3.6 million, (US$4 million)
Hanna Hemila has given us a warm, witty, astonishing and moving work we can savour again and again.” Donald Spoto, biographer of Ingrid Bergman. Synopsis. Finnish farm boy Paavo Turtiainen is hired into the Parisian household of Swedish theatre producer Lars Schmidt and his wife, actress Ingrid Bergman.
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