Directed by:
Perttu LeppäScreenplay:
Perttu LeppäCinematography:
Jyrki ArnikariComposer:
Pauli HanhiniemiCast:
Mikko Leppilampi, Laura Birn, Amanda Pilke, Unto Helo, Timo Lavikainen, Jimi Constantine, Pekka Valkeejärvi, Outi Mäenpää, Antti Reini, Antti Virmavirta (more)Plots(1)
It's no exaggeration that Pearls and Pigs's UK premiere at the 2004 Edinburgh Film Festival was a success. After the early slow start: middling comic episodes introducing small-town small-time crook Erkki Hirvonen, a single father who operates a bootlegging business with his four uncouth twentysomething sons. Namely good-looking nice-guy Lade, amiably stoned Timo, volatile tough-nut Ruho aka 'Bulk' and nightclubbing gay hedonist Pujo aka 'Boy', the picture finally finds its feet when the hapless Erkki is jailed and the lads must produce a large amount of Euros to pay off 'Pig' and 'Sty' - local criminal bigwigs they've inadvertently offended. As if this wasn't enough, the boys find themselves in a Three Men and a Little Lady type scenario when their blonde-moppet half-sister Saara is dumped on their doorstep by her hard-bitten prostitute mother. But when Saara reveals unsuspected talents as an angel-voiced singer, the brothers waste no time in entering her for the lucrative televised 'Superkid' contest. Complications ensue. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Petri Telekäinen
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Pearls and Pigs (2003)
Risto Ryynänen
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Pearls and Pigs (2003)
Samu Saarelainen
Finland
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Pearls and Pigs (2003)
Kari Vetri
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Pearls and Pigs (2003)
Samuli Happo
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Pearls and Pigs (2003)
Pasi Hiidenniemi
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Pearls and Pigs (2003)
Mika Hiironniemi
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Pearls and Pigs (2003)
Jani Viitanen
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Pearls and Pigs (2003)
Esko Kauppinen
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Pearls and Pigs (2003)
Oskari Porkka
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Pearls and Pigs (2003)
Jarno Kähkönen
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Pearls and Pigs (2003)
Marko Borg
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Pearls and Pigs (2003)
Matti Koponen
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Pearls and Pigs (2003)
Juha Mitjonen
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Pearls and Pigs (2003)
Reetta Heikkinen
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Pearls and Pigs (2003)
Saana Kähkönen
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Pearls and Pigs (2003)
Sirja Piipponen
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Pearls and Pigs (2003)
Raffe Leppänen
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Pearls and Pigs (2003)
Elisabeth Ehrnrooth
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Pearls and Pigs (2003)
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Siiri Nordin
Finland
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Cha Cha Cha (1989)
Pearls and Pigs (2003)