DEATH IS A PROBLEM FOR THE LIVING
by Teemu Nikki
synopsis
Risto and Arto, the two least-expensive hearse drivers on the market, are watching their lives collapse around them. Risto is addicted to gambling and his marriage is in crisis. Arto recently discovered that he was born with 85% less brain than the average person, and as a result has been abandoned by everyone. Risto, the heartless man, and Arto, the brainless man, end up risking everything to win back what they have lost.
international title: | Death is a Problem for the Living |
original title: | Peluri - Kuolema on elavien ongelma |
working title: | The Player |
country: | Finland, Italy |
year: | 2023 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Teemu Nikki |
film run: | 85' |
release date: | FI 22/09/2023 |
screenplay: | Teemu Nikki |
cast: | Pekka Strang, Jari Virman, Elina Knihtilä, Hannamaija Nikander, Pihla Penttinen, Iivo Tuuri |
cinematography by: | Jyrki Arnikari |
film editing: | Teemu Nikki |
art director: | Santtu Toivola |
costumes designer: | Suvi Lukkala-Mäkinen |
music: | Marco Biscarini |
producer: | Jani Pösö, Andrea Romeo |
production: | It's Alive Films, TCB - The Culture Business |
backing: | Direzione generale Cinema e audiovisivo del Ministero della Cultura DGCA - MIC |
distributor: | I Wonder Pictures, Yleisradio - YLE |