Lovers & Leavers is a 2002 Finnish

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 romantic drama film directed by Aku Louhimies

Aku Louhimies

Aku Louhimies is a Finnish film director and screenwriter.-Education:He studied at the University of Helsinki and in University of Art and Design Helsinki.-Career:Louhimies has directed six feature-length films:...

. The film is written by Katja Kallio and Louhimies, based on Kallio's novel Kuutamolla: Levoton tarina rakastamisesta. Lovers & Leavers is about Iiris, a 30-year-old bookstore assistant, who meets the man of her dreams.

Cast

• Minna Haapkylä as Iiris Vaara
• Anna-Leena Härkönen
  Anna-Leena Härkönen
  Anna-Leena Härkönen is a Finnish writer and actress.She was born in Liminka and studied acting at the college of drama and the University of Tampere's program of drama studies, which she concluded in 1989. She won the J. H...
  
   as Anna
• Laura Malmivaara as Laura
• Peter Franzén
  Peter Franzen
  Peter Franzen is a retired English journalist, who was the editor of the Norwich-based regional newspaper the Eastern Daily Press, a position he occupied from 1993 until his retirement in 2009...
  
   as Marko
• Matti Ristinen as Sami
• Mikko Kouki as Jukka
• Pirkko Saisio
  Pirkko Saisio
  Pirkko Saisio is a Finnish author, actress and director. She has also written under the pen name Jukka Larsson and Eva Wein. Saisio has a broad literary output, dealing with many kinds of texts from film screenplays all the way to librettos for the ballet...
  
   as Leila Vaara
• Santeri Nuutinen as Santtu
• Rasmus Nuutinen as Tintti
• Veeti Kallio as Mikko
• Linda Zilliacus as Ilona

Awards

Cinequest San Jose Film Festival

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| 2003|| Lovers & Leavers || Best Feature ||
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Durango Film Festival

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| 2003|| Lovers & Leavers || Jury Award in category Best Narrative Feature - Drama ||
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Jussi Awards

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| 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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