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      • M/S Romantic is a Finnish four-part black comedy miniseries created by Jani Volanen and Tommi Korpela. Volanen directed the series alone. The four-part M/S Romantic depicts one day aboard a cruise ship traveling between Helsinki and Stockholm. The series aired on Yle TV1 from 24 February to 17 March 2019, and all episodes were simultaneously released on the streaming service Yle Areena on 24 February.
      The first episode was watched by 574,000 people on television and had over 350,000 views on Yle Areena by 6 March 2019. M/S Romantic won the 2019 Golden Venla for Best Drama Series. Additionally, Jani Volanen received the Best Director Venla, Volanen and Korpela jointly won Best Writer Venlas, and Hannu-Pekka Björkman was awarded Best Actor.
      The series' budget was €1,221,058, of which €100,000 was funded by the Finnish Film Foundation.


      Plot


      The series follows six intertwined stories taking place on a cruise ship over one day between Helsinki and Stockholm. The manic cruise director Joakim "Jocke" Stenroos (Hannu-Pekka Björkman) returns to work prematurely after the birth of his fourth child, trying to keep demanding passengers satisfied and the ship in perfect order. His task proves difficult as he clashes with crew members, including the apathetic cruise hostess Jenna (Anna Paavilainen) and cynical pub troubadour Mike (Tomi Salmela).
      Other storylines include bachelor friends Kaide (Antti Luusuaniemi) and Emppu (Antti Tuomas Heikkinen) hunting for one-night stands, shy entrepreneur Matias (Petteri Pennilä) seeking love during a speed dating event, and Veli Kallio (Santeri Kinnunen) taking his six-year-old nephew Samu (Iivo Tuuri) on a "men's trip." Teenagers Annika (Vilma Sippola) and Kaapo (Amos Brotherus) seek alcohol and freedom aboard, while newlyweds Pike (Annika Aapalahti) and Jamo (Sami Ahonen) deal with tensions, exacerbated by attempts from singer Gusu (Tommi Korpela) to seduce Pike.


      Cast


      Hannu-Pekka Björkman as Jocke, cruise director
      Anna Paavilainen as Jenna
      Antti Luusuaniemi as Kaide
      Antti Tuomas Heikkinen as Emppu
      Annika Aapalahti as Pike
      Sami Ahonen as Jamo
      Lotta Kaihua as Elena
      Joel Hirvonen as Nipa
      Santeri Kinnunen as Veli Kallio
      Iivo Tuuri as Samu
      Vilma Sippola as Annika
      Amos Brotherus as Kaapo
      Tommi Korpela as Gusu
      Petteri Pennilä as Matias


      Reception


      Helsingin Sanomat's Laura Kytölä praised the series for capturing Finnishness with dark undertones, comparing it to Jani Volanen's earlier works, Ihmebantu (2009) and Häiriötekijä (2013, 2015). She commended the series' weaving of six storylines into a cohesive narrative.


      Awards


      Golden Venla: Best Drama Series 2020
      Best Director Venla
      Best Writer Venla
      Best Actor (Hannu-Pekka Björkman)


      References




      External links


      M/S Romantic at IMDb

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