Lyrics and Lace
Pilkkuja ja pikkuhousuja
Release: 1992-11-06
·Runtime: 85m
·★ 4.0
Drama
Comedy
Like it or not, almost anyone who has met a really serious poet finds that they have something about them which sets them apart from other people. It's not just a romantic legend. In wry but basically directionless Finnish movie, Paavo Pentikainen plays one of these ungainly beings, a man whose last published work is decades in the past, who probably hasn't written anything in years, but who still has an uncanny knack for precise observation, "pinning the tail on the donkey" almost every time. In the movie, the poet, accompanied by his young assistant, takes a minor celebrity's swaggering tour of small cultural centers and retirement homes.
Production Countries
Finland
Sweden
Production Companies
Dada-Filmi
FilmTeknik
Svenska Filminstitutet
Cast
Elvi Saarnio
as Old Lady
Liisa Mustonen
as Virve
Marja Packalén
as Kaarina
Aake Kalliala
as Antton - Eveliina's Brother
Risto Tuorila
as Editorial Chief Kuronen
Sari Havas
as Secretary in the Recording Studio
Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
as Näremäki
Martti Kainulainen
as Mugger
Satu Silvo
as Vamp
Turo Pajala
as Hotel Clerk
Paavo Pentikäinen
as Tauno Lintunen
Risto Salmi
as Salvationist
Pekka Huotari
as Hotel Clerk
Kristiina Elstelä
as Eveliina
