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Lyrics and Lace

1992-1h 25min
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4.5 / 10 6

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.

Directed by Matti Ijäs

Writers Heikki Reivilä Matti Ijäs

Stars Paavo Pentikäinen Mikko Reitala Kristiina Elstelä

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Cast

Paavo Pentikäinen's picture in the cast

Paavo Pentikäinen

Tauno Lintunen
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Mikko Reitala

Tomi Rusko
Kristiina Elstelä's picture in the cast

Kristiina Elstelä

Eveliina
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Irma Junnilainen

Vackra-Anneli
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Liisa Mustonen

Virve
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Marja Packalén

Kaarina
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Aake Kalliala

Antton - Eveliina's Brother
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Pirkka-Pekka Petelius

Näremäki
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Martti Kaukanen

Eveliina's Brother
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Esko Hukkanen

Romponen
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Risto Tuorila

Editorial Chief Kuronen
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Mirja Pyykkö

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