Veera Degerholm in Kymmenen riivinrautaa (2002)

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Based on a novel by Arto Paasilinna, Kymmenen riivinrautaa (2002)––that’s The Ten Shrews in Finnish––is a deft screen comedy in the European arthouse mode. Esko Salminen stars as Rauno Rämekorpi, a recent retiree who has every intention of graying with grace. When his sixtieth birthday party morphs into a balls-out bash, however, Rauno begins to suspect that there’s a lot of sex still in his future. Finland is often overshadowed by its Scandinavian neighbors when it comes to cinematic smut, but the cast of Ere Kokkonen’s film is here to prove that they can play with the best (and chestiest) of them. Veera Degerholm, Rinna Paatso, Aino Seppo, Anu Sinisalo, and Kirsi Ylijoki all shed threads for a smorgasbord of sex scenes.