Uuno Turhapuro menettää muistinsa

Uuno Turhapuro menettää muistinsa is a Finnish 1982 comedy film written by Spede Pasanen and directed by Ere Kokkonen. It is the seventh film in the Uuno Turhapuro series.

Plot

Councillor Tuura's workday is ruined right from the morning, when everything he sees reminds him of his son-in-law, Uuno Turhapuro, whom he deeply hates. Elisabeth Turhapuro is also tired of her husband Uuno once again and tries to divorce him, but since Uuno cannot cope with life alone, Elisabeth begins to train Unelma Säleikkö, Tuura's secretary, as new wife to Uuno. However, this goes wrong when Uuno and Sörsselssön collide and hit their heads together. As a result of the collision, Uuno loses his memory and thinks he is a woman called "Unelma Säleikkö". Meanwhile Härski Hartikainen, a friend of Uuno and Sörsselssön, is involved in a peace movement that would bring about permanent peace in the world with dynamite.
The plot of the film continues in the sequel Uuno Turhapuron muisti palailee pätkittäin.

Reception

With over half a million viewers, the film is one of the best audience successes in the Turhapuro series, but it received a mixed reception from critics. For example, Antti Lindqvist of Kansan Uutiset considered the film to be "a calculated manipulation of attitudes made under the guise of fun, which, amidst ordinary comedy material, tries to make fun of people active in the peace movement", also referring in this context to the cartoons by political cartoonist Kari Suomalainen of Helsingin Sanomat that belittled and mocked the peace movement. Helena Ylänen of Helsingin Sanomat found the film unbalanced, but saw development in the main character: "The ugly duckling has become a swan. The loser has become a clown. The fallen man has found his heart."