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

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About the film

Color, DCP

Section:	Another View

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.