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Dogs Don’t Wear Pants

Another View 2019 / Koirat eivät käytä housuja / Finland, Latvia 2019

The years are flying by, his daughter is growing up, but Juha still mourns his drowned wife. Everything changes the moment he meets Mona – a mysterious dominatrix who makes him feel that intimacy is still a possibility and that the experience might help him see his deceased love again.

Dogs Don’t Wear Pants Dogs Don’t Wear Pants

Synopsis

The years are flying by, his daughter is growing up, but Juha still mourns his drowned wife. For this capable heart surgeon, life is mere existence: the automated performance of necessary tasks. Everything changes the moment he meets Mona – a mysterious dominatrix who makes him feel that intimacy is still possible and that the experience might help him see his deceased beloved again. This unusual love story, about repressed fantasies, painful loss, and sweetly painful passions, stands out for its distinctive style and for the excellent performances by Pekka Strang and Krista Kosonen in the roles of the two strange loners.

Sandra Hezinová

About the film

105 min / Color, DCP

Director Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää / Screenplay Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää / Dir. of Photography Pietari Peltola / Music Michal Nejtek / Editor Mervi Junkkonen / Art Director Kaisa Mäkinen / Producer Aleksi Bardy, Helen Vinogradov / Production Helsinki-Filmi / Coproduction Tasse Film / Cast Pekka Strang, Krista Kosonen, Ester Geislerová, Ilona Huhta, Jani Volanen, Oona Airola / Sales The Yellow Affair / Distributor Pilot Film

About the director

Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää

Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää (b. 1977, Porvoo, Finland). Filmography: Eyes Closed No Hands (Silmät kiinni ilman käsiä, 2000, short), Keinu (2003, short), The Visitor (Muukalainen, 2008), They Have Escaped (He ovat paennee, 2014), Dogs Don’t Wear Pants (Koirat eivät käytä housuja, 2019)

Contacts

Pilot Film
Donská 168/19, 101 00, Praha
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 724 938 883
E-mail: [email protected]

The Yellow Affair
Korkeavuorenkatu 25 A 1, 00130, Helsinki
Finland
Phone: +1 718 290 5914
E-mail: [email protected]

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Jan Macola
Cinema Representative, Distributor, Producer

Ester Geislerová
Actress

Vratislav Šlajer
Film Institution Rep., Producer, Service Company Rep.

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