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Man's Job
Man's Job

Man's Job

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Drama

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Juha is 38 years old and has three small children and a depressed wife. He sees himself as strong and believes a man should provide for his family. But one day Juha is fired from his job. Ashamed, he weaves a web of lies to hide the fact from his family. With the help of his friend Olli, Juha begins prostituting himself to support his wife and children. With this he makes in two hours what it took him two days to earn before. The shame and deception mushroom, but the pay from the new profession seems to offset the downside.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Finnish

Runtime

103 mins

Rating

5.844/10

Release Date

23 February 2007

Country

Finland

Cast

Tommi Korpela

Tommi Korpela

Juha

Maria Heiskanen

Maria Heiskanen

Katja

Jani Volanen

Jani Volanen

Olli

Stan Saanila

Stan Saanila

Jamppa

Konsta Pylkkönen

Konsta Pylkkönen

Akseli

Noora Dadu

Noora Dadu

Nuori nainen 1

Joanna Haartti

Joanna Haartti

Nuori nainen 2

Kaarina Hazard

Kaarina Hazard

Asiakas / lääkäri 1

Vilma Juutilainen

Vilma Juutilainen

Oona

Helmi Kaartinen

Helmi Kaartinen

Ida

Arttu Kapulainen

Arttu Kapulainen

Nuori taksikuski

Leea Klemola

Leea Klemola

Katrin assistentti

Jukka Kärkkäinen

Jukka Kärkkäinen

Mikael

Sue Lemström

Sue Lemström

Leena

Pirjo Lonka

Pirjo Lonka

Anna

Lari Maliranta

Lari Maliranta

Okko

Minttu Mustakallio

Minttu Mustakallio

Polttarisankari

Maiju Nissinen

Maiju Nissinen

Jonsku

Sara Paavolainen

Sara Paavolainen

Ritva

Eero Saarinen

Eero Saarinen

Lääkäri 2

Eeva Semerdijev

Eeva Semerdijev

Nuori nainen 3

Minna Suuronen

Minna Suuronen

Kirsti

Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala

Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala

Matkatoimiston virkailija

Inka Timgren

Inka Timgren

Katri

Tiina Weckström

Tiina Weckström

Merja

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