Rakkaudella, Maire

1999
1h 41m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

354

YOUR RATING

Drama Thriller

Middle-aged Maire's husband spends most of his time abroad on business. Alone in their large house, Maire fills her empty life by absorbing other people's tragedies from tabloid newspapers. ... Read allMiddle-aged Maire's husband spends most of his time abroad on business. Alone in their large house, Maire fills her empty life by absorbing other people's tragedies from tabloid newspapers. Obsessed by the story about a young single mother whose husband was killed and the killer ... Read allMiddle-aged Maire's husband spends most of his time abroad on business. Alone in their large house, Maire fills her empty life by absorbing other people's tragedies from tabloid newspapers. Obsessed by the story about a young single mother whose husband was killed and the killer got away with it, she befriends the young widow who would rather forget the whole event an... Read all

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

354

YOUR RATING

1User review

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 7 nominations

Photos

More like this

6.7

Rukajärven tie

7.0

White Dog

7.0

A Long Hot Summer

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
The original Finnish title translates into English as 'With love from, Maire': meaning that the given English title not only bears absolutely no relationship, nor even any reference - (no rain, anywhere!) - to the film, but the literal translation (here) of the original Finnish title, does then give a poignant reference to the development and denouement of the film.

Soundtracks
Virsi 257
Trad.

User reviews1

Review

Featured review

7/10

Interesting, sad and realistic drama, more like a tv play than a movie.

The movie tells a story about a lonely middle aged woman, Maire, whose husband works abroad and children have forgotten. She has an alcohol problem and develops an interest in people who have gone through traumatic experiences, which are covered in the newspaper clips she collects. A young widow, whose husband was killed in a brawl and has not received any compensation from the killer, with a daughter receives her compulsive attention. She tries to help the family and make the life of the killer, who has already been released from prison, ever more difficult. The killer is represented as a fairly nice guy who just happened to be far too drunk and feels sorry for what happened. Maire does not really recognise her own problems until it's too late. Interesting and realistic drama, more like a tv play than a movie, a sad story with some black humor that might have benefited from being a bit more genre loyal to some direction.