FC Venus is a 2005 Finnish

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 romantic comedy film directed by Joona Tena.

A German remake of the film was released in 2006.

Plot

Pete is a football enthusiast, who plays as a goalkeeper 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 never complain about their hobby.

Cast

• Minna Haapkylä as Anna
• Petteri Summanen
  Petteri Summanen
  Petteri Summanen is a Finnish television actor and screen writer who has appeared in several films.Summanen has worked mainly as an actor on Finnish television since 1995 making 30 appearances to date although he did feature in the 2005 Aku Louhimies film Paha maa alongside actors such as Mikko...
  
   as Pete
• Laura Malmivaara as Carita
• Miia Nuutila
  Miia Nuutila
  Miia Nuutila is a Finnish television actress.In 2003, she appeared in Aarresaaren sankarit on Finnish television on MTV3.Nuutila has appeared on a number of Finnish TV series.- Selected filmography :...
  
   as Katariina
• Taneli Mäkelä as Lauri
• Lotta Lehtikari as Mara
• Janne Virtanen as Sebastian
• Eero Tommila as Niko