Beauty and the Bastard
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.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
