Me and Morrison

{{Short description|2001 film by Lenka Hellstedt}} {{Infobox film |image = Me and Morrison FilmPoster.jpeg |director = Lenka Hellstedt |producer = Markus Selin |writer = Marko Leino |based_on = {{based on|''Minä ja Morrison''|Katariina Souri}} |starring = Irina Björklund<br />Samuli Edelmann<br />Eva Röse<br />Roope Karisto |music = Tuomas Kantelinen |cinematography = Mark Stubbs |editing = Kimmo Taavila |studio = Solar Films |distributor = Buena Vista International |released = {{Film date|2001|12|28|df=y|Helsinki, Finland}} |runtime = 91 minutes |country = Finland |language = Finnish |budget = 8.5 million mk<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ses.fi/en/film.asp?id=256 |title=Me and Morrison (Minä ja Morrison)|website=ses.fi|publisher=The Finnish Film Foundation|accessdate=13 October 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120919184659/http://www.ses.fi/en/film.asp?id=256|archivedate=19 September 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> }} '''''Me and Morrison''''' ({{langx|fi|'''Minä ja Morrison'''}}) is a 2001 Finnish romantic drama film directed by Lenka Hellstedt. The film is based on the novel ''Minä ja Morrison'' by Katariina Souri and is the second film in the ''Restless'' trilogy,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.solarfilms.com/elokuvat/kaikki/minajamorrison/en_GB/meandmorrison/ |title=Me and Morrison - the story of a love affair that has nowhere to go|website=solarfilms.com|publisher=Solar Films Inc.|accessdate=6 September 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111125338/http://www.solarfilms.com/elokuvat/kaikki/minajamorrison/en_GB/meandmorrison/|archivedate=11 November 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> preceded by ''Restless'' (2000) and followed by ''Addiction'' (2004).

==Cast== * Irina Björklund as Milla * Samuli Edelmann as Aki * Roope Karisto as Joonas * Eva Röse as Sophie * Titta Jokinen as Milla's mother * Yorick van Wageningen as Jan * Baltasar Kormákur as Askildsen * Irina Pulkka as a travel agency clerk * Maija-Liisa Márton as Kerttu, Aki's mother

==Reception== Gunnar Rehlin of ''Variety'' praised Irina Bjorklund for her "knockout performance", saying that "[this] is enough [of a reason] to see this Finnish drama about two loners who find each other but realize it's difficult to stop the spiral from continuing downward".<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2002/film/reviews/me-and-morrison-1200549974|last=Rehlin|first=Gunnar|title=Me and Morrison|date=30 April 2002}}</ref>

==Awards== ;Jussi Awards {{awards table}} |- | rowspan=2|2002||rowspan=2|''Me and Morrison''||Best Actress (Paras naispääosa)||{{won}} |- |Best Editing (Paras leikkaus)<br>Best Film (Paras elokuva)||{{nom}} |} <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0294725/awards|title=Awards for Minä ja Morrison (2001)|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=17 July 2021}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb title|0294725}}

Category:Films based on Finnish novels Category:2001 romantic drama films Category:2001 films Category:Films shot in Helsinki Category:Films shot in Finland Category:Films set in Finland Category:Films scored by Tuomas Kantelinen Category:Finnish romantic drama films Category:2000s Finnish-language films Category:2001 Finnish films Category:Buena Vista International films