Hippo Love (2026): Cast, Story and Release Details

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Hippo Love follows two strangers who meet at a Greek-Finnish wedding while facing separate breakups. Over one evening, their conversations open onto love, marriage, divorce, parenthood and the complications surrounding attraction, with Touko’s famous wife close enough to notice what is happening.

Hippo Love is a 2026 Finnish-Greek drama comedy set during a wedding in Greece. The story brings together Touko, a musician still married despite his troubled personal life, and Eevis, who is going through a divorce.

Their meeting unfolds over a single evening, as wedding guests talk, celebrate and confront difficult questions about relationships. The film is directed by Dome Karukoski and written by Karukoski with Emmi-Liia Sjöholm.

Hippo Love movie details

Story without spoilers

Touko and Eevis are strangers when they meet at a Greek-Finnish wedding, but both arrive with unresolved romantic problems. Touko has experienced little success as a musician and remains married, while Eevis is in the middle of ending her marriage. An attraction develops between them as the celebrations continue.

The situation becomes more complicated because Touko’s wife, Leena, is also attending the wedding. A famous singer, Leena notices the connection between Touko and Eevis. Against the backdrop of Greek seascapes, conversations during the evening address parenthood, childlessness, sex, divorce, marriage and love.

What to expect

The film combines relationship drama with comedy and keeps its story focused on an evening of conversation and emotional tension. Its premise centers on people reconsidering marriage, separation and attraction while surrounded by a wedding celebration.

The Greek setting is an important part of the supplied premise, while the Finnish-Greek wedding provides the social setting for the characters’ exchanges. As a film based on a novel or book, Hippo Love adapts a relationship-focused story into a 1-hour, 42-minute feature.

Cast and creative team

Pihla Viitala plays Eevis, while Aku Sipola portrays Touko. Jenni Vartiainen plays Leena, Touko’s wife. Kristo Salminen and Tomi Alatalo are also part of the cast, although characters are not specified for either actor.

Dome Karukoski directs Hippo Love and shares writing credit with Emmi-Liia Sjöholm.

• Pihla Viitala as Eevis
• Aku Sipola as Touko
• Jenni Vartiainen as Leena
• Kristo Salminen
• Tomi Alatalo

Release and production context

Hippo Love is scheduled for release on September 25, 2026, and is currently listed as in production. The film has a runtime of 1 hour and 42 minutes. It is a Finland-Greece production from Yellow Film & TV and Avaton Films, with Finnish listed as its spoken language.

Production companies: Yellow Film & TV, Avaton Films

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Hippo Love is built around a contained social setting, an unexpected attraction and the complicated questions that arise when people meet while their existing relationships are changing. Its wedding backdrop and two-country production context give the film a distinct setting for this relationship-focused drama comedy.

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