Lyrics and Lace
06/11/1992
1h 25m



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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.
Cast


Paavo Pentikäinen
Tauno Lintunen
Mikko Reitala
Tomi Rusko


Kristiina Elstelä
Eveliina
Irma Junnilainen
Vackra-Anneli


Liisa Mustonen
Virve


Marja Packalén
Kaarina


Aake Kalliala
Antton - Eveliina's Brother


Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
Näremäki
Martti Kaukanen
Eveliina's Brother
Esko Hukkanen
Romponen


Risto Tuorila
Editorial Chief Kuronen
Mirja Pyykkö
Interviewer


Elvi Saarnio
Old Lady
Tauno Lehtihalmes
Old Lady's Husband


Martti Kainulainen
Mugger
Paavo Rehula
Mugger


Satu Silvo
Vamp
Veikko Tiitinen
Man in Maestro's House


Risto Salmi
Salvationist


Sari Havas
Secretary in the Recording Studio


Pekka Huotari
Hotel Clerk


Turo Pajala
Hotel Clerk
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