Directed by:
Dome KarukoskiScreenplay:
Pekko PesonenCinematography:
Pini HellstedtComposer:
Jukka ImmonenCast:
Pamela Tola, Samuli Vauramo, Joonas Saartamo, Eero Milonoff, Jussi Nikkilä, Elena Leeve, Mikko Kouki, Mikko Leppilampi, Anna-Leena Härkönen, Eero Saarinen (more)Plots(1)
Nelli is a dutiful daughter who would never contradict the wishes and expectations of her parents. Her mother and father have visions of her as a doctor. They would like Nelli to study medicine, like her boyfriend, whom she has been dating for quite some time. But Nelli's dream is to be a singer. Doctor – or singer? There's no way that these two careers can be combined. What's more, Nelli doesn't even know how to produce the demo tape she needs to convince record companies of her talent. Sune lives a far less sheltered existence. He's a talented Hip Hop DJ with one, albeit embarrassing, weakness – his fear of women. In order to convince his friends that the opposite is true, he takes on a bet that he will manage to bed the unapproachable Nelli. An impossible task, so his mates believe. Women like Nelli won't even give the time of day to a guy like Sune. Not a bit of it, thinks Nelli, believing that the DJ is just the right person to help her produce her demo tape. The two meet. Each have entirely different ulterior motives. And, although they are perfectly aware of how they are using each other, they fall in love. But Sune and Nelli have got a lot to learn. She learns that it's impossible to please everybody in life, and he realises that you shouldn't try to control everything in life or art. Sune and Nelli prove a great source of amusement for Sune's gang. But Nelli's boyfriend is not at all amused by their liaison. And as for Nelli – it's time for her to decide what her dream of another life really means to her. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Pamela Tola
Finland
Best movies:
Frozen Land (2005)
Heart of Lion (2013)
A Patriotic Man (2013)
Samuli Vauramo
Finland
Best movies:
Unknown Soldier (2017)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Tears of April (2008)
Joonas Saartamo
Finland
Best movies:
Unknown Soldier (2017)
One-way Ticket to Mombasa (2002)
Silence (2011)
Eero Milonoff
Finland
Best movies:
The Home of Dark Butterflies (2008)
Popular Music (2004)
False Trail (2011)
Jussi Nikkilä
Finland
Best movies:
One-way Ticket to Mombasa (2002)
1944: The Final Defence (2007)
Beauty and the Bastard (2005)
Elena Leeve
Finland
Best movies:
Beauty and the Bastard (2005)
Filth (2008)
The Mine (2016)
Mikko Kouki
Finland
Best movies:
Frozen Land (2005)
Unknown Soldier (2017)
Christmas Story (2007)
Mikko Leppilampi
Finland
Best movies:
Frozen Land (2005)
Christmas Story (2007)
8-Ball (2013)
Anna-Leena Härkönen
Finland
Best movies:
Frozen Land (2005)
Lapland Odyssey (2010)
Ladies of Steel (2020)
Eero Saarinen
Best movies:
The Winter War (1989)
The Human Part (2018)
A Man's Work (2007)
Lotta Kaihua
Finland
Best movies:
Forbidden Fruit (2009)
Beauty and the Bastard (2005)
Pearls and Pigs (2003)
Malla Malmivaara
Finland
Best movies:
Forbidden Fruit (2009)
Beauty and the Bastard (2005)
Star Boys (2017)
Osla Räisänen
Best movies:
Beauty and the Bastard (2005)
David Sandqvist
Best movies:
Beauty and the Bastard (2005)
Jaana Järvinen
Finland
Best movies:
Restless (2000)
Beauty and the Bastard (2005)
The Kiss of Evil (2011)
Ari Mäkinen
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Beauty and the Bastard (2005)
Marjo Federley
Best movies:
Beauty and the Bastard (2005)
Timo Mann
Finland
Best movies:
The Home of Dark Butterflies (2008)
1944: The Final Defence (2007)
Beauty and the Bastard (2005)
Rainer Kaunisto
Finland
Best movies:
Beauty and the Bastard (2005)
Kaisa Hela
Finland
Best movies:
Beauty and the Bastard (2005)
Hyvä poika (2011)