Directed by:
Perttu LeppäScreenplay:
Perttu LeppäCinematography:
Jyrki ArnikariComposer:
Pauli HanhiniemiCast:
Mikko Leppilampi, Laura Birn, Amanda Pilke, Unto Helo, Timo Lavikainen, Jimi Constantine, Pekka Valkeejärvi, Outi Mäenpää, Antti Reini, Antti Virmavirta (more)Plots(1)
It's no exaggeration that Pearls and Pigs's UK premiere at the 2004 Edinburgh Film Festival was a success. After the early slow start: middling comic episodes introducing small-town small-time crook Erkki Hirvonen, a single father who operates a bootlegging business with his four uncouth twentysomething sons. Namely good-looking nice-guy Lade, amiably stoned Timo, volatile tough-nut Ruho aka 'Bulk' and nightclubbing gay hedonist Pujo aka 'Boy', the picture finally finds its feet when the hapless Erkki is jailed and the lads must produce a large amount of Euros to pay off 'Pig' and 'Sty' - local criminal bigwigs they've inadvertently offended. As if this wasn't enough, the boys find themselves in a Three Men and a Little Lady type scenario when their blonde-moppet half-sister Saara is dumped on their doorstep by her hard-bitten prostitute mother. But when Saara reveals unsuspected talents as an angel-voiced singer, the brothers waste no time in entering her for the lucrative televised 'Superkid' contest. Complications ensue. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Mikko Leppilampi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274736_9f330d.jpg)
Mikko Leppilampi
Finland
Best movies:
Frozen Land (2005)
Christmas Story (2007)
8-Ball (2013)
![Laura Birn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/897/161897946_0c7da6.jpg)
Laura Birn
Finland
Best movies:
Purge (2012)
Promise (2005)
Christmas Story (2007)
![Amanda Pilke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/829/157829390_1e4f46.jpg)
Amanda Pilke
Finland
Best movies:
Purge (2012)
Naked Harbour (2012)
Forbidden Fruit (2009)
![Unto Helo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/642/159642439_91d857.jpg)
Unto Helo
Finland
Best movies:
Pearls and Pigs (2003)
![Timo Lavikainen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/798/158798960_043fe5.jpg)
Timo Lavikainen
Finland
Best movies:
Heart of Lion (2013)
Dog Nail Clipper (2004)
The Grump (2014)
![Jimi Constantine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/623/159623008_e64c91.jpg)
Jimi Constantine
Best movies:
Pearls and Pigs (2003)
![Pekka Valkeejärvi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/742/158742911_c82ee9.jpg)
Pekka Valkeejärvi
Finland
Best movies:
Frozen Land (2005)
8-Ball (2013)
Producing Adults (2004)
![Outi Mäenpää](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278376_a6e1d3.jpg)
Outi Mäenpää
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Match Factory Girl (1990)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
![Antti Reini](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/977/160977881_c909f1.jpg)
Antti Reini
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
The Man Without a Past (2002)
Patrik, Age 1.5 (2008)
![Antti Virmavirta](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/369/159369848_08fbd1.jpg)
Antti Virmavirta
Finland
Best movies:
The Other Side of Hope (2017)
The Eternal Road (2017)
Upswing (2003)
![Tomi Salmela](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/695/158695786_9b000d.jpg)
Tomi Salmela
Finland
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
Purge (2012)
The Winter War (1989)
![Sakari Kuosmanen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/743/158743005_a947b4.jpg)
Sakari Kuosmanen
Finland
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Fallen Leaves (2023)
![Matti Onnismaa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/287/159287033_daed6b.jpg)
Matti Onnismaa
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Promise (2005)
The Winter War (1989)
![Risto Salmi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/711/158711147_756ac3.jpg)
Risto Salmi
Finland
Best movies:
The Unknown Soldier (1985)
Dog Nail Clipper (2004)
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)
![Marko Tiusanen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/708/161708801_52eafe.jpg)
Marko Tiusanen
Finland
Best movies:
Matti: Hell Is for Heroes (2006)
Pearls and Pigs (2003)
![Sulevi Peltola](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/418/158418066_fe3291.jpg)
Sulevi Peltola
Finland
Best movies:
Drifting Clouds (1996)
Promise (2005)
Frozen Land (2005)
![Martti Suosalo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/254/162254429_3ad0f4.jpg)
Martti Suosalo
Finland
Best movies:
The Winter War (1989)
Fallen Leaves (2023)
Black Ice (2007)
![Taneli Mäkelä](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/280/158280976_e48574.jpg)
Taneli Mäkelä
Finland
Best movies:
The Winter War (1989)
Naked Harbour (2012)
The Other Side of Hope (2017)
![Minna Haapkylä](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/287/161287394_6c71cb.jpg)
Minna Haapkylä
Finland
Best movies:
Christmas Story (2007)
The Interrogation (2009)
The Border (2007)
Esa Hämäläinen
Best movies:
Pearls and Pigs (2003)