DOG
NAIL CLIPPER
(Koiran
kynnen leikkaaja)
2004
© Fennada Filmi oy, Finland
Drama
by Markku Pölönen
Synopsis
The
basic story is simple; the world, roles and dialogue are created for this
fiction.
The main character is Mertsi, an idealist, who even went to war as a volunteer and returned crippled. His overwhelming idealism transforms itself into a small act – that of clipping a dog’s nails – and becomes an obsession, and in the end- fails.
Mertsi comes to Kuosmanen’s house, with him a work order slip which Kuosmanen wrote as a joke, to clip the nails of his dog. But the operation fails miserably – the nails remains untrimmed and the dog bites Mertsi’s wrist. His dream is shattered and the hand becomes infected. But people are basically good and goodness triumphs over obstacles. When Mertsi meets the doctor that treated him during the war, he waves his white, bandaged hand as if to say: - the world may bite but life goes on!
The main character is Mertsi, an idealist, who even went to war as a volunteer and returned crippled. His overwhelming idealism transforms itself into a small act – that of clipping a dog’s nails – and becomes an obsession, and in the end- fails.
Mertsi comes to Kuosmanen’s house, with him a work order slip which Kuosmanen wrote as a joke, to clip the nails of his dog. But the operation fails miserably – the nails remains untrimmed and the dog bites Mertsi’s wrist. His dream is shattered and the hand becomes infected. But people are basically good and goodness triumphs over obstacles. When Mertsi meets the doctor that treated him during the war, he waves his white, bandaged hand as if to say: - the world may bite but life goes on!
Cast
Peter
Franzén, Ahti Kuoppala, Taisto Reimaluoto
Credits
Script
Markku Pölönen
Producer
Kari Sara
Adapted
from Yeikka Huovisen
Cinematography
Kari Sohlberg
Set
design Minna Santakari
Costumes
Pentti Tillder
Editor
Jukka Nikänen
Sound
Jari Innanen, Heikki Innanen
Music
Vesa Mäkinen
Available
Versions
Original
Finnish version with English / French subtitles
Festivals
and Awards
Rouen
2004 -Festival du Film Nordique: Audience Award
105
min - 35mm - Cinemascope - 1:2.35 - Dolby SRD
Technical
Data
