The Potato Venture
The Potato Venture is a 2020 Finnish comedy film directed by Joona Tena and written by Pekko Pesonen. The film follows Untamo, a 17th-century startup entrepreneur attempting to introduce the potato to Finland, where the turnip is the reigning root vegetable.
Production
Potato was filmed in Lithuania in the autumn of 2019 with a budget of €2,000,000, €787,745 of which came from the Finnish Film Foundation.Release
Potato was initially set to premiere on October 14, 2020, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new release date was announced as December 25, 2020. It was shown in preview screenings in early 2021 and officially released on August 13, 2021. It was released on Blu-ray and DVD in November 2021.Cast
- Joonas Nordman as Untamo
- Mikko Penttilä as Axel
- Alex Anton as Magnus
- Kari Hietalahti as Kalevi
- Linnea Leino as Killisilmä
- Lasse Karkjärvi as Untamo's father
- Petteri Pennilä as Lord of the Castle
- Mimosa Willamo as Twin
- Linda Manelius as Twin
- Kari Ketonen as Advisor
- Antti Tuomas Heikkinen as Wheelbarrow Brother
- Hannes Suominen as Bucket Brother
- Antti Luusuaniemi as Lars
- Mikko Kouki as Copper Tycoon
- Ville Myllyrinne as Bishop
- Helmi-Leena Nummela as Village Prostitute
- Eero Herranen as Birger the Great
- Marc Gassot as Jester
- Tommi Korpela as Archangel Michael
- Lauri Maijala as Liquor Emperor
- Ilmari Kujansuu as Young Untamo
Reception