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 |
