PEARLS AND PIGS
by Perttu Leppä
synopsis
A comedy of four Hirvonen brothers living in a dead-end town and running a fraudulent business together with their father, “Hirvonen & Co. – Bootlegged drinks and cocktail snacks”. Things start rolling when Pops ends up in jail after a tragicomic liquor store robbery. The boys are left adrift and deeply in debt to local hoods.
international title: | Pearls and Pigs |
original title: | Helmiä ja Sikoja |
country: | Finland |
year: | 2003 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Perttu Leppä |
film run: | 104' |
release date: | FI 29/08/2003 |
screenplay: | Perttu Leppä |
cast: | Mikko Leppilampi, Jimi Pääkallo, Unto Helo, Timo Lavikainen, Amanda Pilke, Laura Birn, Pekka Valkeejärvi, Outi Mäenpää, Antti Virmavirta |
cinematography by: | Jyrki Arnikari |
film editing: | Kimmo Taavila |
art director: | Pirjo Rossi |
costumes designer: | Ella Brigatti |
producer: | Jarkko Hentula |
production: | Talent House |
distributor: | Columbia TriStar Egmont Film Distributors Oy |