A Man's Job
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Aleksi Salmenperä
Tommi Korpela
Jani Volanen
Maria Heiskanen
Stan Saanila
Ella Brigatti
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Feeling ashamed about his failure and worried about his wife's mental health, Juha decides to keep the fact that he got fired a secret. He spends his days on a remote service station thinking about a way out and the growing web of lies that he is slowly weaving. Soon the desperate Juha finds himself, completely naked, brushing the hair of a woman he has never met before. He also finds himself earning in two hours what he used two earn in two days at his old job. With the help of his friend Olli, Juha, the father of three small children, begins to sell his body in earnest. Juha's shame and lies grow, but the money helps him cope with the downside of his new profession. And as long as wife Katja doesn't touch her antidepressants, everything is fine.
Director
Aleksi Salmenperä
Crew
Ella Brigatti
Samu Heikkila
Tuomo Hutri
Tuomo Hutri
Petri Jokiranta
Tero Kaukomaa
Tuomas Klaavo
Mikko Makela
Markku Patila
Aleksi Salmenperä
Ville A Tanttu
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (Thematic Retrospective. Cold Fever) September 20-29, 2007.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 22-June 15, 2008.
color
Dolby Digital
dialogue Finnish
Released in Finland February 23, 2007
Finland's official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2007).
Released in Finland February 23, 2007
Shown at London Film Festival (Cinema Europa) October 17-November 1, 2007.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Cinema of the World: Time & Tide) January 24-February 4, 2007.
