FC Venus

FC Venus is a 2005 Finnish romantic comedy film directed by Joona Tena [fi].

FC Venus
Directed by	Joona Tena [fi]
Written by	Outi Keskevaari Katri Manninen [fi] Joona Tena
Produced by	Jarkko Hentula Mikko Tenhunen
Starring	Minna Haapkylä Laura Malmivaara Taneli Mäkelä Petteri Summanen
Cinematography	Jarkko T. Laine [fi]
Edited by	Jukka Nykänen [fi]
Music by	Sakari Salli
Production company	Talent House [fi]
Release date	30 December 2005 (2005-12-30) (Finland)
Running time	114 minutes
Country	Finland
Language	Finnish
Budget	€1,656,000[1]
Box office	€1,818,139[2]

A German remake [de] of the film was released in 2006.^[3]

Plot

Pete is a football enthusiast, who plays for FC HeMan, a team playing in the lowest possible league. His girlfriend, Anna, hates the whole sport. Pete and his teammates are planning to travel to watch the Football World Cup held in Germany. Anna is not excited about Pete's plan to leave her alone for the summer. Therefore, Anna decides to present a challenge to Pete: She will form a team from the wives and girlfriends of the FC HeMan players, and then the women's team (FC Venus) would play against FC HeMan. If the women's team wins, the men will have to give up football, and if the men's team wins, the women will pay their tickets to the World cup.^[1]

Cast

• Minna Haapkylä as Anna
• Petteri Summanen as Pete
• Laura Malmivaara as Carita
• Miia Nuutila as Katariina
• Taneli Mäkelä as Lauri
• Lotta Lehtikari [fi] as Mara
• Janne Virtanen as Sebastian
• Eero Tommila [fi] as Niko

^[4]