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Beauty and the Bastard is a film of genre Drama directed by Thomas "Dome" Karukoski with Pamela Tola

Beauty and the Bastard (2005)

Beauty and the Bastard
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Length 1h42
Genres Drama,    Musical,    Romance
Rating64% 3.2483953.2483953.2483953.2483953.248395

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.

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Pamela Tola

(Nelli)Samuli Vauramo

(Sune)Elena Leeve

(Mari)Mikko Kouki

(Anssi)Mikko Leppilampi

(D.T.)Thomas "Dome" Karukoski

(Rowdy Hip-Hopper)
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