Beauty and the Bastard
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Finland 2005 colour 102min Helsinkifilmi

****

Drama, romance, comedy

cast: Pamela Tola (Nelli), Samuli Vauramo (Sune), Joonas Saartamo (Kondis), Eero Milonoff (Isukki), Mikko Kouki, Anna-Leena Härkönen, Eero Saarinen, Mikko Leppilampi
credits: dir. Dome Karukoski, music Jukka Immonen, script Pekko Pesonen, prod. Aleksi Bardy, DOP Pini Helstedt

For her parents Nelli is a nice and pretty girl, who will go to medical school and fulfil their dreams. They treat their daughter well. Sune is a rap artist from a broken home and totally different world. When Nelli suddenly decides to not do as her parents want, Sune comes to her way. Nelli wants to be a singer star and Sune has powers to help her. But what does Sune want from her?

It's not easy to write well-working script for a romantical comedy (which this is more than just a drama movie). This time it has been succesful. The movie is actually funny but not only because of the script. The young cast plays their roles tastely. They have had good time while shooting this and it shows out - nicely. There is certain roughnes in some scenes but otherwise the whole movie looks (and sounds) very good. It's hard to believe that this was director Dome Karukoski's first movie.

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