Archive of films Dogs Don’t Wear Pants / Koirat eivät käytä housuja
Finland / Latvia
2019, 105 min
Section:
Another View
Year: 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.
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 director

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
Tel: +420 724 938 883
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.pilot-film.cz
The Yellow Affair
Korkeavuorenkatu 25 A 1, 00130, Helsinki
Finland
Tel: +1 718 290 5914
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.yellowaffair.com
About the film
Color, DCP
Section: | Another View |
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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 |
Guests

Jan Macola
Cinema Representative, Distributor, Producer

Ester Geislerová
Actress

Vratislav Šlajer
Producer, Service Company Rep.