FC Venus

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{{Infobox film

| name = FC Venus

| image =

| alt =

| caption =

| director = {{ill|Joona Tena|fi}}

| producer = Jarkko Hentula
Mikko Tenhunen

| writer = Outi Keskevaari
{{ill|Katri Manninen|fi}}
Joona Tena

| starring = Minna Haapkylä
Laura Malmivaara
Taneli Mäkelä
Petteri Summanen

| music = Sakari Salli

| cinematography = {{ill|Jarkko T. Laine|fi}}

| editing = {{ill|Jukka Nykänen|fi}}

| studio = {{ill|Talent House|fi}}

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|df=y|2005|12|30|Finland}}

| runtime = 114 minutes

| country = Finland

| language = Finnish

| budget = €1,656,000{{cite web|url=http://www.ses.fi/en/film.asp?id=663 |title=FC Venus |work=ses.fi |publisher=The Finnish Film Foundation |access-date=12 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528224156/http://www.ses.fi/en/film.asp?id=663 |archive-date=28 May 2012}}

| gross = €1,818,139{{cite web |url=http://www.ses.fi/dokumentit/Tilastoja%202006.pdf |title=Facts & Figures 2006 |work=ses.fi |publisher=The Finnish Film Foundation |access-date=12 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128060554/http://www.ses.fi/dokumentit/Tilastoja%202006.pdf |archive-date=28 November 2011}}

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FC Venus is a 2005 Finnish romantic comedy film directed by {{ill|Joona Tena|fi}}.

A German {{ill|FC Venus (2006 film)|de|FC Venus – Angriff ist die beste Verteidigung|lt=remake}} of the film was released in 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/v355661 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724093537/http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/v355661 |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 July 2012 |title=FC Venus (2006) |author=Deming, Mark |work=allrovi.com |publisher=Rovi Corporation |access-date=12 October 2011 }}

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.

Cast

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{{cite web |url=http://www.elonet.fi/title/ekrny5/tekija |title=FC Venus (2005) – Credits |work=elonet.fi |publisher=National Audiovisual Archive / Finnish Board of Film Classification |access-date=12 October 2011 |archive-date=1 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401195114/http://www.elonet.fi/title/ekrny5/tekija |url-status=dead }}

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