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A Man's Job

1 hr. 40 min. | Drama | N/A

Out of shame and fear of harming his wife’s mental state, Juha decides to hide from her the fact that she fired him. He spends his days in a remote car repair shop, thinking about possible solutions and slowly weaving a growing web of lies. Soon desperate, Juha realizes he is naked and combing the hair of a woman he is completely unfamiliar with. He also realizes that in two hours he gains as much as in an old job in two days. With the help of friend Oli, Juha, the father of three young children, begins to sell himself. Juha’s shame and cobweb of lies is growing, but the money is helping to come to terms with the new profession. And as long as wife Katja doesn’t touch her antidepressants, all is well.

Aleksi Salmenperä

Aleksi Salmenperä

Aleksi Salmenperä was born in 1973, started study architecture in 1992. However, in 1996, he entered the Department of Film and TV at the University of Art and Design Helsinki UIAH, where majored in directing and screenwriting and graduated in 2003. He has directed several short films, amongst them award wining “Ferry-Go-Round” made in 2001. He has also directed several films and series for television including “Free Fall” in 2001 and “Road to Eden” (2003). Scanorama has showed his movie “Producing Adults” and “Man’s Job”.
Languages
Finnish
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Original title
Miehen työ
Produced
2007: Finland

Film information

Director
Aleksi Salmenperä
Screenplay
Aleksi Salmenpera
Music
Ville Tanttu
Cinematography
Tuomo Hutri
Cast
Tommi Korpela, Jani Volanen, Maria Heiskanen, Stan Saanila
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