Beauty and the Bastard

Tyttö sinä olet tähti
Tyttö sinä olet tähti
Directed by	Dome Karukoski
Written by	Pekko Pesonen
Produced by	Aleksi Bardy
Starring	Pamela Tola; Samuli Vauramo
Cinematography	Pini Hellstedt
Music by	Jukka Immonen
Distributed by	Helsinki Filmi Oy
Release date	2005;
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Finland
Language	Finnish

Beauty and the Bastard is a 2005 Finnish musical romantic drama film directed by Dome Karukoski and written by Pekko Pesonen. Its original Finnish title is Tyttö sinä olet tähti, which means "Girl you are a star". It stars Pamela Tola and Samuli Vauramo. Eero Milonoff, Joonas Saartamo, Mikko Leppilampi and Mikko Kouki play supporting roles. It is the feature-film debut of director Dome Karukoski, who had previous experience from commercials and short films. The music was composed by Jukka Immonen's Friend Music.

Plot

The Finnish musical drama "Beauty and the Bastard," is about opposites attracting between a naive well-off young female singer Nelli, (Pamela Tola) and Sune (Samuli Vauramo), a promising but uncompromising rap DJ in the offices of a major record company.

A woman dulled with praise, Nelli (Pamela Tola), is well on her way to Med-School thanks to her parents, but dreams of a career as a singer. She is desperate to find a demo to show off her talents.

Sune is a crude agent who is afraid of women. To show his friends otherwise, he makes a bet that he can get Nelli to sleep with him. His friends don’t believe a beauty like her would be even remotely interested in him. But meanwhile Nelli sees an opportunity to get herself a free demo.

Playing each other they end up falling in love. This causes troubles for both. The beauty has to learn how to not please everybody and the drifter has to begin considering others in his life and his art. Nelli's father and her boyfriend are not wild about the idea.

Tyttö sinä olet tähti is modern picture of Finnish youth at the brink of adulthood. It tells of love, dreams and principles - as well as how everything often turns out the other way you expect.

Main cast

Pamela Tola as Nelli
Samuli Vauramo as Sune
Joonas Saartamo as Kondis
Eero Milonoff as Isukki
Jussi Nikkilä as Mikko
Elena Leeve as Mari
Mikko Kouki as Anssi
Mikko Leppilampi as D.T.
Anna-Leena Härkönen as Hilkka

Other cast

Eero Saarinen .... Nelli's dad
Lotta Kaihua ... Pilvi
Laura Malmberg ... Isukki's girlfriend
Osla Räisänen ... Isukki's child
David Sandqvist ... Sune's younger brother
Jaana Järvinen ... Choirmaster
Ari Mäkinen ... Mikko's father
Marjo Federley ... Mikko's mother
Timo Mann ... Cleaner
Rainer Kaunisto ... Record company's CEO
Kaisa Mattila ... Drunken woman
Dome Karukoski ... Rowdy hip-hopper
Minka Kuustonen ... Groupie
Tarja Saikkonen ... Teenager at suburban bar
Niklas Mikael Hyvärinen ... Bouncer

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