Matti: Hell Is for Heroes

Matti: Hell Is for Heroes
  • Release date: 13 Jan 2006
  • Release year: 2006
  • Runtime: 135 minutes
  • Country: Finland
  • Keywords: ski jumper, singer, alcohol, ski jumping, sports history, domestic violence, olympian, yellow journalism, olympic gold medalist, sports man
Plot:
A ski jumper descends from winning 4 Olympic Gold Medals, to serving two years for stabbing a relative. Careers as a stripper and singer, plus five marriages, replete with allegations of domestic violence are fictionalized sympathetically in this dramedy. Alleged exploitation/manipulation of Matti, due to his naivety and gullibility, along with deterioration of his skiing ability due to heavy drinking and bad decisions is emphasized. Many Matti malapropisms a la Yogi Berra, attributed to the Finnish skiing legend, are employed as biopic comic dialogue.
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