Lovers & Leavers (Finnish: Kuutamolla) is a 2002 Finnish romantic drama film directed by Aku Louhimies.[1][2] The film is written by Katja Kallio and Louhimies, based on Kallio's novel Kuutamolla: Levoton tarina rakastamisesta.[3] Lovers & Leavers is about Iiris, a 30-year-old bookstore assistant, who meets the man of her dreams.[1][4]

Lovers & Leavers
Directed byAku Louhimies
Written byKatja Kallio
Aku Louhimies
Based onKuutamolla: Levoton tarina rakastamisesta
by Katja Kallio
Produced byJarkko Hentula
Ilkka Y. L. Matila
Marko Röhr
StarringMinna Haapkylä
Anna-Leena Härkönen
Laura Malmivaara
Peter Franzén
Matti Ristinen
Pirkko Saisio
CinematographyHeikki Färm
Edited bySamu Heikkilä
Music byLeri Leskinen
Production
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Distributed byColumbia TriStar Egmont Film Distributors
Release date
  • 1 February 2002 (2002-02-01) (Finland)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryFinland
LanguageFinnish

Cast

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Awards

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Cinequest San Jose Film Festival
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2003 Lovers & Leavers Best Feature Won
Durango Film Festival
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2003 Lovers & Leavers Jury Award in category Best Narrative Feature - Drama Won
Jussi Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2003 Lovers & Leavers Best Actress (Paras naispääosa)
Best Editing (Paras leikkaus)
Best Film (Vuoden elokuva)
Best Set Design (Paras lavastus)
Best Supporting Actress (Paras naissivuosa)
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References

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  1. ^ a b "Kuutamolla (2002) – Contents". elonet.fi (in Finnish). National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
  2. ^ "Kuutamolla (2002)". elonet.fi (in Finnish). National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Kuutamolla (2002) – Credits". elonet.fi. National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
  4. ^ Wolf, Sandy. "Lovers and Leavers (Kuutamoula)". cinequest.org. Cinequest. Archived from the original on April 1, 2012. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
  5. ^ "Awards for Kuutamolla (2002)". imdb.com. The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved September 6, 2011.
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