FC Venus

2005 Finnish film

30 December 2005 (2005-12-30) (Finland)

Running time

114 minutesCountryFinlandLanguageFinnishBudget€1,656,000^[1]Box office€1,818,139^[2]

FC Venus is a 2005 Finnish romantic comedy film directed by Joona Tena [fi].

A German remake [de] of the film was released in 2006.^[3]

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.^[1]

Cast

Minna Haapkylä as Anna
Petteri Summanen as Pete
Laura Malmivaara as Carita
Miia Nuutila as Katariina
Taneli Mäkelä as Lauri
Lotta Lehtikari [fi] as Mara
Janne Virtanen as Sebastian
Eero Tommila [fi] as Niko

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References

^ ^a ^b "FC Venus". ses.fi. The Finnish Film Foundation. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
^ "Facts & Figures 2006" (PDF). ses.fi. The Finnish Film Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 November 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
^ Deming, Mark. "FC Venus (2006)". allrovi.com. Rovi Corporation. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
^ "FC Venus (2005) – Credits". elonet.fi. National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011.