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DOG NAIL CLIPPER

by Markku Pölönen

synopsis

Mertsi, an idealist, who even went to war as a volunteer and returned crippled. His overwhelming idealism transforms itself into a small act -that of clipping a dog's nails- and becomes an obsession, and in the end- fails.

international title: DOG NAIL CLIPPER
original title: KOIRANKYNNEN LEIKKAAJA
country: Finland
year: 2003
genre: fiction
directed by: Markku Pölönen
film run: 105'
release date: FI 13/02/2004
screenplay: Markku Pölönen
cast: Peter Franzen, Ahti Kuoppala, Taisto Reimaluoto, Leo Lastumäki
cinematography by: Kari Sohlberg
film editing: Jukka Nykänen
art director: Minna Santakari
costumes designer: Pentti Tillder
music: Vesa Mäkinen
producer: Kari Sara
production: Fennada Filmi Oy
backing: Finnish Film Foundation
distributor: Buena Vista International Finland

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