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Wikipedia article
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| director = Dome Karukoski
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| music = Hilmar rn Hilmarsson
| cinematography = Pini Hellstedt
| editing = Harri Ylnen
| studio = Solar Films
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| runtime = 104 minutes
| country = Finland
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'The Grump' is a 2014 Finnish comedy film directed by Dome Karukoski, in which the main character is The Grump, a cranky old man, created by the Finnish author Tuomas Kyr.
'The Grump' was selected to compete for the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. It is based on a 2014 novel by Kyr, the third volume by the author, in which this character appears.
The film stars Antti Litja as Mielenspahoittaja a.k.a. the Grump, Petra Frey, Mari Perankoski, and Iikka Forss. The film tells the story about a stubbornly traditional eighty-year-old farmer whose social attitudes verge on the prehistoric raises hell when he is forced to move in with his sadsack, city-dwelling son and successful daughter-in-law.
Cast
* Antti Litja as the Grump (a.k.a. Mielenspahoittaja)
* Petra Frey as his missus
* Mari Perankoski as the daughter-in-law
* Iikka Forss as the Grump's son
* Viktor Drevitski as Sergei
* Kari Ketonen as Sakke Intonen
* Mikko Neuvonen as Stinde
* Bruno Puolakainen as Tarasenko
* Janne Reinikainen as Dr. Kiminkinen
* Alina Tomnikov as Ldujmila
Reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 100% based on 7 reviews.
References
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