Putting Lipstick on a Pig

'Putting Lipstick on a Pig', 2018

Paivi is in her 50's and lives on Aland, an island in Finland with 30 000 people. We have our own government which can decide some things independently of the Finnish government: taxes, ...

Paivi is in her 50's and lives on Aland, an island in Finland with 30 000 people. We have our own government which can decide some things independently of the Finnish government: taxes, ...

Director

Johan Karrento

Runtime

76 minutes

Type

Feature

Genre

Documentary, Drama

Movie poster image
Putting Lipstick on a Pig

Johan Karrento, 2018

Is this your film?

Is this your film?

General Information

Rating

Loading...

Color

Color

Awards

No displayable awards available.

Storyline

Paivi is in her 50's and lives on Aland, an island in Finland with 30 000 people. We have our own government which can decide some things independently of the Finnish government: taxes, ...

Paivi is in her 50's and lives on Aland, an island in Finland with 30 000 people. We have our own government which can decide some things independently of the Finnish government: taxes, hunting, gambling etc. Paivi is a single mother and when her boys move out she is alone. She looks for company online and finds gambling. She gets addicted. She is an accountant and has access to money. Things go out of hand. Suddenly she has lost 819 000 - of her clients money! She is caught and it is a big scandal. She tries to commit suicide but gets jail. The clients are angry, they trusted her! It gets worse. It turns out she lost it all to the local gambling company. They hold a monopoly license to prevent from addiction and criminality - exactly what they didn't. The money went to the local government and they distributed it to the people: to football associations, research etc. It all turns into a money laundry case, the first in Finnish legal history to involve a gambling company. But the ...

Summary

Paivi is in her 50's and lives on Aland, an island in Finland with 30 000 people. We have our own government which can decide some things independently of the Finnish government: taxes, ...

Synopsis

Paivi is in her 50's and lives on Aland, an island in Finland with 30 000 people. We have our own government which can decide some things independently of the Finnish government: taxes, hunting, gambling etc. Paivi is a single mother and when her boys move out she is alone. She looks for company online and finds gambling. She gets addicted. She is an accountant and has access to money. Things go out of hand. Suddenly she has lost 819 000 - of her clients money! She is caught and it is a big scandal. She tries to commit suicide but gets jail. The clients are angry, they trusted her! It gets worse. It turns out she lost it all to the local gambling company. They hold a monopoly license to prevent from addiction and criminality - exactly what they didn't. The money went to the local government and they distributed it to the people: to football associations, research etc. It all turns into a money laundry case, the first in Finnish legal history to involve a gambling company. But the ...

Logline

No displayable logline available

Cast & crew

Cast

Cris Af Enehielm

Actor/Actress

Björn Ekstrand

Actor/Actress

Stig Grönlund

Actor/Actress

Crew

Director

Johan Karrento

Screenwriter

Related films


Matchmaking

What is the title of your film?

Type in your film's title

Choose a film to find matches for

Choose one of your film that you're already created, or create a new one to find matches for.

How long is your film?

Tell us your film’s duration

min.

What type of category does your film fall into?

Select one from the following list

What is the genre of your film?

You can select multiple genres

What should be the main focus of your festival strategy?

Please select one option

Monetary award

Select one from the following list

Festival qualifications that you're interested in

You can select multiple options

How much money would you spend on festival submissions?

Define us your submission budget

EUR

Start date of submission

Please enter a date when you plan to start submitting your film to festivals