Question: Who was the director of the Finnish submission for Best International Feature Film where the mother/wife dies and leaves the two men unable to pay rent ?

text: List of Finnish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Submissions
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1956 . [ 6 ] The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films . Following this , they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award . [ 3 ] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Finland for review by the Academy for the award by the year of the submission and the respective Academy Award ceremony . All films were in Finnish except for their 2000 submission Seven Songs from the Tundra which was in Nenets and 2011 submission Le Havre which was in French . Their 2003 & 2005 submissions were half in Swedish ( also an official language of Finland ) , and their 1973 submission was in a Finnish dialect native to the Northern part of the country . The 2015 submission was in Estonian .
Finland has submitted twenty-seven films for consideration in the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] category. The Award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. The Finnish Academy Awards submission is selected by an expert jury which is chosen by the Finnish Film Foundation. All 32 films listed below were accepted by AMPAS, although two films- Drifting Clouds and Lights in the Dusk- were withdrawn by director Aki Kaurismäki after the films were sent to Hollywood in both 1996 and 2006. According to Mark Johnson, the chairman of the Academy's foreign-language committee, he was told by the Finnish selection committee that Kaurismaki does not like film competitions. As of 2017[update], only one Finnish film has been nominated for the Foreign Film Oscar- their 2002 submission The Man Without a Past was nominated for an Oscar on January 2003. Ironically, Past was also directed by Kaurismäki, but was not withdrawn. However, Kaurismaki boycotted the Academy Awards ceremony as protest over the U.S. involvement in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Because of Kaurismaki's withdrawals, Klaus Härö has represented Finland more than any other Finnish director - four times.
Year ( Ceremony ) Film title used in nomination Title in the original language Director Result
1973 ( 46th ) The Earth Is a Sinful Song Maa on syntinen laulu Rauni Mollberg Not Nominated
1980 ( 53rd ) Tulipää Tulipää Pirjo Honkasalo & Pekka Lehto Not Nominated
1981 ( 54th ) Sign of the Beast Pedon merkki Jaakko Pakkasvirta Not Nominated
1984 ( 57th ) Pessi and Illusia Pessi ja Illusia Heikki Partanen Not Nominated
1986 ( 59th ) The Unknown Soldier Tuntematon sotilas Rauni Mollberg Not Nominated
1987 ( 60th ) The Snow Queen Lumikuningatar Päivi Hartzell Not Nominated
1990 ( 63rd ) The Winter War Talvisota Pekka Parikka Not Nominated
1994 ( 66th ) Ripa Hits the Skids Ripa ruostuu Christian Lindblad Not Nominated
1995 ( 68th ) The Last Wedding Kivenpyörittäjän kylä Markku Pölönen Not Nominated
1996 ( 69th ) Drifting Clouds Kauas pilvet karkaavat Aki Kaurismäki Disqualified
1997 ( 70th ) The Collector Neitoperho Auli Mantila Not Nominated
1998 ( 71st ) A Summer by the River Kuningasjätkä Markku Pölönen Not Nominated
1999 ( 72nd ) The Tough Ones Häjyt Aleksi Mäkelä Not Nominated
2000 ( 73rd ) Seven Songs from the Tundra Seitsemän laulua tundralta Anastasia Lapsui & Markku Lehmuskallio Not Nominated
2001 ( 74th ) The River Joki Jarmo Lampela Not Nominated
2002 ( 75th ) The Man Without a Past Mies vailla menneisyyttä Aki Kaurismäki Nominated
2003 ( 76th ) Elina : As If I Was n't There Elina - Som om jag inte fanns Klaus Härö Not Nominated
2004 ( 77th ) Producing Adults Lapsia ja aikuisia - Kuinka niitä tehdään ? Aleksi Salmenperä Not Nominated
2005 : ( 78th ) Mother of Mine Äideistä parhain Klaus Härö Not Nominated
2006 ( 79th ) Lights in the Dusk Laitakaupungin valot Aki Kaurismäki Withdrawn