Lyrics and Lace

Lyrics and Lace

A comedy of sexual peccadilloes

1992 · 85 min · ★ 4.4 · Drama, Comedy

Like it or not, almost anyone who has met a really serious poet finds that they have something about them which sets them apart from other people. It's not just a romantic legend. In wry but basically directionless Finnish movie, Paavo Pentikainen plays one of these ungainly beings, a man whose last published work is decades in the past, who probably hasn't written anything in years, but who still has an uncanny knack for precise observation, "pinning the tail on the donkey" almost every time. In the movie, the poet, accompanied by his young assistant, takes a minor celebrity's swaggering tour of small cultural centers and retirement homes.

Directed by Matti Ijäs · Written by Matti Ijäs

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Paavo Pentikäinen Tauno Lintunen
Mikko Reitala Tomi Rusko
Kristiina Elstelä Eveliina
Irma Junnilainen Vackra-Anneli
Liisa Mustonen Virve
Marja Packalén Kaarina
Aake Kalliala Antton - Eveliina's Brother
Pirkka-Pekka Petelius Näremäki
Martti Kaukanen Eveliina's Brother
Esko Hukkanen Romponen
Risto Tuorila Editorial Chief Kuronen
Mirja Pyykkö Interviewer

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