The Storage

The Storage

2011 · 99 min · ★ 5.2 · Comedy

Antero Rousku is a storeman in a paint store. His job requires raw muscle power, mixing paints and carrying house repair materials around to earn his daily bread. But the basic salary is not enough for Rousku. He also sells a lot of stuff on the side from the storeroom directly to Jylhäkorpi, a frequent visitor, bypassing company bookkeeping. Rousku's colleague in the cellar storeroom is Raninen whose life consists of work, quarreling with his wife, and lottery. Raninen wants to win the main prize but he wants to have the right numbers in exactly the order in which they appear from the lottery machine. Raninen is not the sharpest pencil in the pencil box. Rousku's freedom is threatened by his relationship to the saleswoman Karita. Rousku wants to keep a distance to the woman except in bed. Karita has decided otherwise.

Directed by Taru Mäkelä · Written by Veli-Pekka Hänninen

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Kari-Pekka Toivonen Antero Rousku
Minttu Mustakallio Karita
Aku Hirviniemi Raninen
Esko Salminen Kataja
Juha Muje store manager
Vesa Vierikko Jylhäkorpi
Tomi Lauri Rofa, deliveryman
Hannele Lauri Karita's mother
Vesa-Matti Loiri Mynttinen
Jope Ruonansuu Ykä

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