Lyrics and Lace
5.0
“A comedy of sexual peccadilloes”
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.
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Cast
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Paavo Pentikäinen
Tauno Lintunen
Also in
Petos
Eight Deadly Shots
Mikko Reitala
Tomi Rusko
Also in
Insiders
Varokaa putoavia esineitä
Matti Ijäs
Kari Sohlberg
Kari Sara
Also in
Farewell, Mr. President
Kites Over Helsinki
Kristiina Elstelä
Eveliina
Also in
Päivää, herra Kivi
Playing Solo
Matti Kuortti
Heikki Reivilä
Irma Junnilainen
Vackra-Anneli
Known for
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana
Irma Taina
Liisa Mustonen
Virve
Known for
Bordertown: The Mural Murders
Nadja Pyykkö
Matti Ijäs Director · Heikki Reivilä Writer Raoul Björkenheim Composer
First release November 6, 1992 · Produced in Finland, Sweden · Production FilmTeknik, Svenska Filminstitutet
Production
Dada-Filmi
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FilmTeknik
Production
Svenska Filminstitutet
Production
Nordisk Film & TV Fond
Production
Finland · Sweden
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Original title
Pilkkuja ja pikkuhousuja
Original language
Finnish
Spoken on screen
Finnish
Release dates
Finland · November 6, 1992
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Sweden
May 14, 1993
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